John C. Mather Quotes
We are discovering what the universe is really like, and it is totally magnificent, and one can only be inspired and awestruck by what we find.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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Banks are there to support businesses that have justifiable needs.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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I went in and auditioned for one of the main guys for 'The League' when it was first casting, and I was so excited because I was like, 'Oh my God, this is my life!' I love fantasy football, and I play with my buddies, and my wife is frustrated with it.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
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Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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Life is too full of death for death to be able to add anything to it.
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The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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Plastic Oceans has inspired us all to Rethink Plastic.
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When it comes time to go into the booth, I will be writing down President Mike Bloomberg.
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One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But it is equally conceivable that the exchange would be useful for the beholders of art, for people who enjoy art, for historians, and for the artists themselves.
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We are discovering what the universe is really like, and it is totally magnificent, and one can only be inspired and awestruck by what we find.
