Hermann von Helmholtz Quotes
In speaking of the work of machines and of natural forces we must, of course, in this comparison eliminate anything in which activity of intelligence comes into play. The latter is also capable of the hard and intense work of thinking, which tries a man just as muscular exertion does.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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Being a conservative in Hollywood is like walking into a shooting range with a bull's-eye attached to your body. There are more of us than you would believe, but if you want to keep working, you feel like you have to keep quiet.
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I'm a natural blonde!
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If America is truly Israel's greatest ally, we should not be asking it to put its citizens and future at risk by forcing the establishment of a hostile Palestinian state as the only option.
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Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive.
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Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief.
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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I have to have coffee in the morning.
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I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way.
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We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, Roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity.
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A slight throbbing about the temples told me that this discussion had reached saturation point.
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What we must learn to do is to create unbreakable bonds between the sciences and the humanities. We cannot procrastinate. The world of the future is in our making. Tomorrow is now.
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Part of what makes Minneapolis such a vibrant place to live and work is that we have active residents of all ages.
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Every so often, you have to do a show that makes you walk to your car with your head down, wondering what you're doing with your life. It's good for you, as long as you're not feeling that way every night.
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When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.
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In life we only try to produce, to win, and enjoy the more we can; in science, to discoverand invent the more we can; in religion, to dominate or rule over on the greatest number of people we can; whereas the forming of the character, the further development or in-dept analysis, of the faculties of the intelligence, the refinement of the consciousness and of the heart, are considered incidental or subordinate things.
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My mother's an artist. My father was an artist and so I assumed that was normal growing up in art and the art world and spending our time around the world seeing art, experiencing things. It was great.
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I'm very picky about what I'll do and the message the film has in it.
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We mustn't forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals.
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In speaking of the work of machines and of natural forces we must, of course, in this comparison eliminate anything in which activity of intelligence comes into play. The latter is also capable of the hard and intense work of thinking, which tries a man just as muscular exertion does.
