C. B. van Niel Quotes
In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.
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I still have a lot of my friends from high school. You just know who is there for you for real, and who is trying to get something out of you.
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I don't know why femininity should be associated with weakness. Women should be free to express who they are without thinking, 'I need to act like a man, or I need to tone it down to be successful.' That's a very good way to keep women down.
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No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.
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On the whole, I don't have any friends. Friends come and go; I've lost my trust factor. I believe I have people who think they're my friend. And I believe that there are people probably in their heart who are friends toward me or are friends to me. But they're not my friends, because what I learned is that fear is stronger than love.
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That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.
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I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.
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In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in.
