Dan Shechtman Quotes
The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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I would love to do some theater.
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Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Ireland was, of old, called the Isle of Saints because of the great number of holy ones of both sexes who flourished there in former ages or who, coming thence, propagated the faith amongst other nations.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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I did do some Shakespeare on film, it's really difficult. It's really interesting, because I was doing a series in Canada called 'Slings and Arrows' and it was about a company based around the Stratford Festival.
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Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow.
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The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and management principles.
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Living in different cultures helped me work out who I was going to be, separate from where I came from.
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Creating fatherhood means creating a major psychological shift. Both sexes find it's difficult to fully share the psychological responsibility for the other sex's traditional role - especially when the other sex is around. – page 90.
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After shows my face feels dirty with makeup and sweat, especially in the smaller venues, so it feels good to get back to the bus and smooth it away. Sometimes you need something alcohol-based, especially on tour when you don't always get a chance to keep washing your face all the time.
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Take responsibility about what you have on your TV, and about what you are out there supporting.
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The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'
