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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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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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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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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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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As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men.
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I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women.
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In the '70s, terrorism was much more serious, in that many more people got killed.
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I like cooking, but I think someone else ought to do the dishes.
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Getting as much sleep as possible and following a healthy diet will stop you from feeling run-down if, like me, you're super-stressed.
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You've built your homeyou've fledged your birdsyou've beaten the windwith your bonesyou've finished alonewhat no one began.
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You could put me on a stage in front of 100 people, and I could do a tap dance, but one-on-one was really difficult for me. And it took me most of my life to learn how to work with that anxiety, to embrace and be comfortable with it.
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I love corduroy jeans as well as vertical-striped jeans. Both are a fun switch from plain old denim. They can be slimming so long as the stripes aren't too chunky.
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Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.
