John C. Mather Quotes
I tried without much success to learn a little of the humanities and the arts, but even passing the courses in art history and music history was a challenge.John C. Mather
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
Carlisle Floyd -
In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
J. G. Ballard -
All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
Irwin Shaw -
I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
Gary Lineker -
I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.
Barbara Hershey -
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
Patricia Velasquez -
I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
Hakeem Olajuwon -
People that don't know me get 'Mossed'. It means, I was gonna go home, but then I just got led astray. In the best possible way, of course. I mean, it's always fun, and a good time.
Kate Moss -
It's interesting – in 'Fail Safe,' as well, they didn't back off. We were raised with kind of this spectrum of that Armageddon and lived under it, so those were probably the films. 'Fail Safe' sort of haunted me.
Gary Ross -
In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
Pat Robertson -
The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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You know what's funny? There's times when you catch a ball and really didn't even see that ball. You're like, 'That couldn't have been all me.'
Calvin Johnson -
I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all.
Jackie Cooper -
The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
Jack Charlton -
Human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
Manny Pacquiao -
Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.
Gayle Forman -
If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'
Idris Elba
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Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.
Angela Davis -
All of my films have been very dialogue-heavy, and that's great. It always makes it more of a challenge to market in other countries.
Edgar Wright -
I tried without much success to learn a little of the humanities and the arts, but even passing the courses in art history and music history was a challenge.
John C. Mather