George Porter Quotes
Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.
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Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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Though it has plenty of competitors, Slack claims to be the 'fastest growing business application in history'.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music.
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One of the areas I have a little less confidence in is giving any kind of a speech.
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I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
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First appearance deceives many.
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You can be totally rational with a machine. But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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The current health crisis, however, is a little more the work of the evil empire. We were told, we were assured, that the more meat and dairy and poultry we ate, the healthier we'd be.
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My guitar is like my best friend. My guitar can get me through anything. If I can sit down and write an amazing song with my guitar about what's going on in life, then that's the greatest therapy for me.
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We're going to look awfully stupid if we give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes.
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Compassion knows that choosing the higher road in any situation is the most loving option for you.
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Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.
