John Archibald Wheeler Quotes
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I didn't know much about golf growing up.
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I got into science because I thought that, with inspiration and hard work, I could figure out how life works.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I do not like violence.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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When I plan to settle down, I will announce it to the world. Marriage is an occasion to celebrate. I'll celebrate it when it happens, letting everyone know about it.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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I did send a girl a plane ticket asking her for a visit, I guess that's quite romantic.
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I love to watch old movies when I get time off.
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle.
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A book is a souvenir of an idea.
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Is this some kind of fucking radio promotion? What the fuck is this? Let me just say that if whatever said radio station tries to blacklist us for my comments about their balloons, I would like them to know I want a written apology tomorrow for interrupting my song.
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I think people who multitask pay a huge price. They think they're being extra productive, and I think when you multitask so much you don't have time to think about anything deeply, you are giving the world an advantage you shouldn't do, and practically everybody is drifting into that mistake.
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Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
