John C. Mather Quotes
Talk to people... everything good I've done has come from conversations with people. Science is a very social phenomenon.
Quotes to Explore
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
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Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I didn't expect to have music as my main thing. I always thought I was going to be a lawyer. When I graduated, I was doing really well with my music in Malaysia. I had stable income, and I had really good momentum in the music industry, so I had to make a decision whether to stop that and continue being a lawyer.
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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Let's have some new cliches.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
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Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and homemaking.
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You can never get someplace physically until you've been there mentally.
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Learning in a face-to-face human community, as humans have evolved to do over hundreds of thousands of years, may always be the ideal - especially in an endeavor that is as relationship-driven as business.
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Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.
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Talk to people... everything good I've done has come from conversations with people. Science is a very social phenomenon.
