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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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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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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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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In the Holy Book of Islam, Allah says:
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Unendowed with wealth or pity, Little birds with scarlet legs Sitting on their speckled eggs, Eye each flu-infected city. Altogether elsewhere, vast Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss, Silently and very fast.
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After finishing a draft, no matter how rough, I almost always put it aside for a while. It doesn't matter if it's a story or a novel, I find that when it's still fresh in my mind I'm either thoroughly sick of its flaws or completely blind to them. Either way, I'm unable to make substantive edits of any value.
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I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times.
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I have not met a Filipino actor who didn't dream of working on an 'FPJ' remake.
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The poet nothing affirmeth and therefore never lieth.
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I live my life, breathless... A life of constant motion and excitement. A life that many will envy and most would avoid!
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.
