Peter Higgs Quotes
My inbox and doormat are full with emails and letters from people who want me to endorse their Higgs board game or to inaugurate the walkway of their new office atrium. There's even a microbrewery in Barcelona which wants to know what my favourite beer is so they can brew a similar one in my honour. It is quite mad.
Quotes to Explore
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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I don't believe in miracles.
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Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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I love working in New York.
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Think of energy almost like emotional electricity. It has a powerful way of uniting ordinary people, their connected spirit, to do extraordinary things.
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In 'Packing for Mars,' I tried to convey the importance of getting young people interested in science.
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Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.
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I've always liked this idea that writing should comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable to create trouble. The value of a work of art can be measured by the harm spoken of it. If you're not feeling that, then absolutely, why bother?
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I am a geek nerd who happened to have a temporary period of jockiness.
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My inbox and doormat are full with emails and letters from people who want me to endorse their Higgs board game or to inaugurate the walkway of their new office atrium. There's even a microbrewery in Barcelona which wants to know what my favourite beer is so they can brew a similar one in my honour. It is quite mad.
