John C. Mather Quotes
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Today, more than ever, citizens demand with good reason that moral and ethical principles be upheld and that exemplariness preside over our public life. And the king, as the head of state, must not only be an example but also a servant to that just and legitimate demand of the citizens.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
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If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.
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We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.
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Obviously fashion is a completely different world from football.
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When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating for peace.
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It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.
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I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.
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It is not altogether shyness that now makes me unsuccessful in company. Sometimes it is a state of mind that is three parts meditation, that will not free the thoughts until their attendant trains are prepared to follow them.
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I don't think anyone who has been to Africa comes away untouched by the place. You see a lot of beauty and optimism, but you also come away with an awareness of the huge gulf between what most of us have and what most of them have to make do with. Then, every now and then, a famine or a war makes everything a hundred times worse.
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I used to hate stilettos. It took me a lot of time to understand how to walk in them and look graceful. And eventually, you realise their importance.
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You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.
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So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.
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I am interested in all things that celebrate and enhance the female form.
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I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.
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All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism.
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That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his presidency to the present, he has spoken specifically and in unprecedented fashion of Republicans as his rivals, his stumbling blocks, the primary cause of his troubles.
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You had to keep the mood up; you had to keep the tempo up. You had to keep the feeling of, "Hey, we're doing something that's really exciting. It's fun being with these people." And the more fun you have, the better you do it.
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A mentor enables a person to achieve. A hero shows what achievement looks like.
