Isaac Newton Quotes
This Excellent Mathematician having given us, in the Transactions of February last, an account of the cause, which induced him to think upon Reflecting Telescopes, instead of Refracting ones, hath thereupon presented the curious world with an Essay of what may be performed by such Telescopes; by which it is found, that Telescopical Tubes may be considerably shortened without prejudice to their magnifiying effect. On his invention of the catadioptrical telescope, as he communicated to the Royal Society.
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I portray female characters, so I have the opportunity to change the way people look at them. Even if I wasn't consciously doing that, it would happen anyway just because of how I present as a woman, or as a person. I present in a way that's not stereotypical, even if I'm playing a stereotypical role.
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We must always remember that the Chinese revolution was not a peasant's revolution, but one of the extreme Right.
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I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.
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The first time I fell in love, I was in my 20s, and I loved someone right till I was 31. And then I felt that emotion died within me. I wasn't feeling alive at all.
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I've never been an outward rebel, but inside, I just rebel deeply.
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I'm really not interested in writing about science at all. I mean, I try to get the information right, the details right. But fiction isn't good at conveying information: It's good at telling stories about people in interesting situations.
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I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.
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What I'd really like to give a try is cricket, because I grew up playing American baseball.
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I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.
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I don't get recognised until I'm on stage, and then I can walk off and forget about it. It's great.
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Remember: the force will be with you always...
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To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make.
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Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order?
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I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.
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Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
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If you worry more for others' beliefs, then you will be their slave.
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That's why I ended up leaving school - because it required so much time, and it was such an excellent idea. I figured I would regret not going full force with this idea. It seemed we could make something of it.
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I am happy that we are not favorites. To be very honest it's big pressure of being favorites. We were not favorites last time (in 2011) too but we played excellent cricket. Similarly this time, there are teams which play on those bouncy wickets like Australia and South Africa, and are probably bigger favorites than us. But we hope that with the type of resources we have we can do well.
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I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.
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This Excellent Mathematician having given us, in the Transactions of February last, an account of the cause, which induced him to think upon Reflecting Telescopes, instead of Refracting ones, hath thereupon presented the curious world with an Essay of what may be performed by such Telescopes; by which it is found, that Telescopical Tubes may be considerably shortened without prejudice to their magnifiying effect. On his invention of the catadioptrical telescope, as he communicated to the Royal Society.
