John D. Barrow Quotes
Scientific pictures are often not just about science. They may... have an undeniable aesthetic quality. They may even have been primarily works of art that possess a scientific message.
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We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?
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My mum and I do cardio kickboxing classes together.
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I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.
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I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their education.
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Riot is the voice of the unheard.
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The sky was horribly dark, but one could distinctly see tattered clouds, and between them fathomless black patches. Suddenly I noticed in one of these patches a star, and began watching it intently. That was because that star had given me an idea: I decided to kill myself that night.
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A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.
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Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together.
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I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.
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Scientific pictures are often not just about science. They may... have an undeniable aesthetic quality. They may even have been primarily works of art that possess a scientific message.
