Isaac Asimov Quotes
If an interaction is too weak to be detectable or to exert influence in any way, then by any operational definition, it doesn’t exist.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I'm a mom, and my view of public education begins and ends with the fundamental question: Is this good for children?
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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We seem, particularly over here in the West and in America in particular, to have forgotten that we are, in large measures, the story we tell ourselves about ourselves.
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After retiring, I was a little bored with nothing to do and got fat. I thought, if a 60-year-old metabolic fat man, after five years, can get to Mount Everest, that would be very exciting.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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I'm not really massively into going out. I'm much more of a hibernator. It's nice to have people come to your house or go to someone's house, I think.
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There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.
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Belief contains so many truths pertaining to God's Names and the realities contained in the universe that the most perfect science, knowledge, and virtue is belief and knowledge of God originating in a belief based on argument and investigation.
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If you're in California, and it's raining, stay home because nobody can drive in the rain. It's like it's raining frogs. They're terrified.
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When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.
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The perils of duck hunting are great - especially for the duck.
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I think the best comedic actors don't play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it's real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do - it's embarrassing.
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Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.
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An audience is the perfect thing to unleash venom and hate on. It doesn't necessarily mean you hate everyone in the audience but when you've got a so-called adoring mass in front of you, it's a perfect target for that kind of disgust. Sometimes you find yourself in a position where you're venting your disgust on an audience and a lot of them keep coming back 'cos they actually like that aspect. In a way that diffuses the feeling and you don't gel the same release.
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The pacifist streak in German politics is a problem. But Greens and Social Democrats have to ask themselves: In an imperfect world, what do they prefer? The rise of the right or the success of the European project?
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What you focus on grows.
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Our world and our lives have become increasingly interdependent, so when our neighbour is harmed, it affects us too. Therefore we have to abandon outdated notions of 'them' and 'us' and think of our world much more in terms of a great 'US', a greater human family.
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If an interaction is too weak to be detectable or to exert influence in any way, then by any operational definition, it doesn’t exist.
