Manfred Eigen Quotes
A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
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If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.
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I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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I'm not a pin-up, thankfully. I'm not suggesting I feel unconfident. I am beautiful to my husband. I am beautiful to my friends. I feel sexy and all those things with the people I love.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only through the conscious, cooperative effort of all craftsmen. Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its separate parts.
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I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
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Survival is not about being fearless. It's about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
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I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.
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I thought 'The Well' was going to launch my career, but nothing happened.
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Stories come from other shows at other studios where only 2,000 rounds were actually used and the money for the other 3,000 went right into the studio pockets. Corners were cut and that production suffered. Knock wood, that hasn't happened to us.
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My whole career is just terror, from beginning to end. That's kind of my thing. A lot of happy accidents happened.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
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Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.
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We are teaching kids to fail. We need to teach our kids to succeed.
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No matter how successful you are, no matter how good you are at what you do, even if a golden path rolls out in front of your feet your whole life, there will come one particularly bleak Tuesday when you glance over at Facebook and notice that Jen From Down The Hall has just won an Oscar.
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I was a class clown, but I'm not a bully.
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The regime is mostly interested in discrediting the opposition, including using the services of prostitutes to put opponents in a sex scandal and sometimes mainstream human rights activists as well.
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A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
