Jocelyn Bell Burnell Quotes
The universe is very big - there's about 100,000 million galaxies in the universe, so that means an awful lot of stars. And some of them, I'm pretty certain, will have planets where there was life, is life, or maybe will be life. I don't believe we're alone.
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The library world is set up on this model where the library is a physical building and has a number of books and serves a geographical community.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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Everywhere in the world, whether manufacturing, trade or whatever, it is controlled by one apparatus and one policy perspective. Here we have one prime minister with good intentions, and six ministries running their own empires. This creates problems including the import culture.
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Many women long for what eludes them, and like not what is offered them.
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It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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I love Nike's running shoes and clothes because they feel as light as a feather.
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Bono is no longer supporting the prime minister's position...niether are canadians.
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I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.
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One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
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The universe is very big - there's about 100,000 million galaxies in the universe, so that means an awful lot of stars. And some of them, I'm pretty certain, will have planets where there was life, is life, or maybe will be life. I don't believe we're alone.
