Aage Bohr Quotes
The constant questioning of our values and achievements is a challenge without which neither science nor society can remain healthy.
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I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
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The most wonderful discovery made by scientists is science itself.
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I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of one.
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Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.
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When I was in college at Amherst, my father asked me a favor: to take one course in economics. I loved it - for the challenge of its mysteries.
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My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the stories I've so far written have needed it. 'Empire State,' 'Seven Wonders' and 'The Age Atomic' are all very place-centric, where the setting itself is almost a character. But there is a universality to story that isn't just limited to science fiction.
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I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
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I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story.
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I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.
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I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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What 'Deadwood' did was to talk about how capitalism started, how civilised society came in, and how that brought its own problems.
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When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What it says at the end of the day is that there is a tomorrow, we do go on, we don't extinguish ourselves and leave the planet to the cockroaches.
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We are not yet a society free of sexism, and this will continue to be an issue for all women candidates.
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Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.
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Science, almost from its beginnings, has been truly international in character. National prejudices disappear completely in the scientist's search for truth.
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Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
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Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at you. There are a lot of things wrong with a lot of industries....baseball is one of them.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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If your ear is open to the afflicted, God will keep his ear open to you.
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I can’t comment on Soundgarden because I know them personally and I really like them a lot, but I have strong feelings towards Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains and bands like that. They’re obviously just corporate puppets that are just trying to jump on the alternative bandwagon - and we are being lumped into that category.
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If I can make programmes when I'm 95, that would be fine. But I would think I'll have had enough by then.
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The constant questioning of our values and achievements is a challenge without which neither science nor society can remain healthy.
