Rachel Carson Quotes
The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.
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One of the most sacred purposes for which the scriptures were written was to make it possible for all to know Christ. The scriptures teach and testify of Jesus Christ. They teach us much that we need to know and to do to return to the presence of the Savior.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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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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I bought a girl roses once.
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature is: a story that does more than tell a story, a story that manages to reflect in some way the multilayered texture of life itself.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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We're not trying to entertain the critics ... I'll take my chances with the public.
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Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of creepy, Method actor-y kind of way - it's just an innate kind of merging.
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The mystery of history is an insoluble problem.
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When I did win the Tour, I felt I was feted more in the U.K. for being an Olympic gold medallist... Then I come back to Europe to race, and they're not interested in the Olympic gold; it's about being the winner of the Tour de France - here he is.
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I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.
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The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history or fiction. It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science.
