Paul Davies Quotes
The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.
Quotes to Explore
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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Cyder was anciently the main drink of the country people in the West of England.
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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
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The constant attention is what is so difficult.
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My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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In the human lung, there are millions of air foils, just like aeroplane wings, which facilitate normal breathing.
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The act is truth. Nothing that was ever recorded is truth. Nothing that was ever said is truth. Only the act.
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Horror movies have never been my thing. I love psychological thrillers like 'The Exorcist', 'The Shining', even though they scare the living daylights out of me.
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Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
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I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job.
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There are few talents so richly rewarded - especially in politics and the media - as the ability to portray parasites as victims, and portray demands for preferential treatment as struggles for equal rights.
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Just kidding, I've been very athletic all my life.
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The secret of life does not lie in its chemical basis . . . Life succeeds precisely because it evades chemical imperatives.
