John Charles Polanyi Quotes
Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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I feel like unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment, it blocks the flows of God's blessings in life.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams' was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was!
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
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It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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Nostalgia is something we think of as fuzzy. But it's pain. Pain concerning the past.
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The unhappy irony is that, while 'Glee' is hitting the heights, school arts funding is being slashed across the country due to the steep recession and declining tax revenues.
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It was suggested that I take a recording test. I passed, was liked and, well, you know the rest of the story.
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I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for a body in the coach.
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This is an event of such horrifying, unimaginable proportions that I believe it is one where shock grows with time rather than diminishes.
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Others think it the responsibility of scientists to coerce the rest of society, because they have the power that derives from special knowledge.
