John D. Barrow Quotes
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.
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I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days.
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I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.
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Chinese women are much more modest than American women when it comes to clothes. We tend to show less flesh.
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I have had to learn about saying no.
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My dad taught me to kiteboard when I was 13, and around the same time, I happened to just fall into being an extra on a set and fell in love with acting and making movies.
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I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.
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Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
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I started in high school and regional theater. Anything that came into town, I wanted to be involved in, because I just wanted to learn.
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I would remake 'Club Paradise.' I thought the story was cool, the setting was great. Everything lined up, except I wrote it for Bill Murray and John Cleese.
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I can't beleive I'm here to tell the tale, this was my first brush with death, and God must have been looking after us and obviously, it wasn't our time.
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For many wealthy people, giving a tenth is a way of robbing God. Their tithe becomes a tip.
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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
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I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am.
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Football helmets were first designed to protect against skull fractures, but users get more than skull fractures. We need to take a look at this to see if there is any way to improve safety. We need to set some standards, because the ones now are not protecting players to the highest level.
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Vainly you talk about voting it down. When you have cast your millions of ballots, you have not reached the evil. It has fastened its root deep into the heart of the nation, and nothing but God’s truth and love can cleanse the land. We must change the moral sentiment.
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Ultimate explanation no longer means only a story that encompasses everything.
