George Porter Quotes
Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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Kuhn was the intellectual of whom many scientists said he's 'telling it as is it is' insofar as talking about a process of 'tinkering' in terms of theory and experiment followed by radical changes. But often, what Kuhn had in mind were some very spectacular incidents in the history of the sciences that changed our way of looking at the world.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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TV news has largely given Trump editorial control.
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Even in the tough times, He's still a good God.
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The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.
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I live by a rulebook of eating alkaline - no meat, no dairy, no gluten, I try to stay away from sugar - but I'll cheat when I want to since I'm a bit of a foodie.
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So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons.
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It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and who he is and what he's about.
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The Amen of nature is always a flower.
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Sporting culture is needed where marks are given to students for sports in schools, jobs are assured for sportsperson, and sponsors are willing to support them through rough times.
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What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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We have intelligent species on our planet that we are not even trying to communicate with.
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I tried to double major in Psychology & Theater at Loyola Marymount but felt I needed to concentrate more on theater.
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I don't think Flo Rida gets on just any song. If you look at the songs he has done - even The Saturdays one - was a hit. If it's not good enough, then he won't do it.
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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We've got our own power - the power of the purse.
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Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.
