Heidi Hammel Quotes
I think all scientists are like detectives. We are most happy when we find something that doesn't fit our expectations.
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had been married before, and they liked it the way it was. They didn't feel like they needed a piece of paper to be committed. So for me, I know that marriage is not a golden ticket.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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I actually didn't really start to get into the research of film until I was much older. I decided I wanted to direct a lot earlier than I started to do the research, which is really strange, but it is the case.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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I wasn't cut out to be an opera singer, but it was a nice fantasy for a teenager growing up in Hungary during the Stalinist era.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.
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I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk.
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People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
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Scientists are always skeptics.
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I have very high expectations of myself. I'm a very competitive person but competitive with myself. I want to be the best that I can be and if that means that I'm eventually better than everyone else then so be it.
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I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists.
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When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
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I think all scientists are like detectives. We are most happy when we find something that doesn't fit our expectations.
