John C. Mather Quotes
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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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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 mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.
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If you care about the news and write what you want to read - not just what you think Google search wants to read - there are people out there who want to read it.
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I think that debut albums are supposed to sound sort of raw. You don't want to record 'Sgt. Pepper's' as your first album, because where do you go from there?
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Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong.
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I'm too busy thinking what I'm going to say next to remember what I've said, but my staff tells me I'm sometimes funny. Not always on purpose, though.
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Now and again, an actor will blow my mind by doing something really unexpected, like Mickey Rourke or Christopher Walken - you have absolutely no idea what they're going to do, which is really thrilling to watch.
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The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.
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Under President Barack Obama, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has been invited into the White House and given a seat at the table. Hispanics are serving in unprecedented numbers at the highest levels of this administration, including in the Cabinet.
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A mentor enables a person to achieve. A hero shows what achievement looks like.
