Dan Shechtman Quotes
I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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I'd work with soccer coordinators at Game Changing Films and have one or two combat training sessions with my stunt double, who's a wushu master.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off... we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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My 93-year-old grandma is a beautiful example of healthy living. She laughs a lot and always says, 'Just be yourself!' She also eats dessert every single day.
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I'm very happy with what I've accomplished, but we're going for more.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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Making the Hall of Fame, would it be something that's gratifying because of what I've sacrificed? Sure. Baseball has been a big part of our lives. We've sacrificed our bodies. It's the way we made our living.
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Michael Kitchen was a great person to work with. So attentive and just great at what he does and supportive, also.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.
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If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world.
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At the heart of science is experimentation. Science doesn't care what you think. What's important is experimenting and actually working stuff out.
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First you guess. Don't laugh, this is the most important step. Then you compute the consequences. Compare the consequences to experience. If it disagrees with experience, the guess is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn't matter how beautiful your guess is or how smart you are or what your name is. If it disagrees with experience, it's wrong. That's all there is to it.
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It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progress which comes from a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance, the great progress which is the fruit of freedom of thought, to proclaim the value of this freedom; to teach how doubt is not to be feared but welcomed and discussed; and to demand this freedom as our duty to all coming generations.
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I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.
