Johnny Ball Quotes
The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.
Quotes to Explore
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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You have to take over your town in order to take over your city.
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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Blackberry Smoke is a band that will never go hungry.
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Modern life. Where are we running? Sometimes what we want is not always where we are... Are we alone? Is the real winter inside our hearts? We are all struggling for definition in a world that resists our increase.
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I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know anyone who does. But this is certain: too many people have lost their lives who shouldn’t have.
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I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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The public impression is that the government, industry or the highest bidder can buy a scientist to add credibility to any message. That crucial quality of impartiality is being lost.
