C.P. Snow Quotes
I think, on the whole that scientists make slightly better husbands and fathers than most of us, and I admire them for it.
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.
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There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.'
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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But even if I'm left high and dry at the end of this wild journey, just taking it is a great feeling.
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Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
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In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
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There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics.
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Science needs the intuition and metaphorical power of the arts, and the arts need the fresh blood of science ... Interpretation is the logical channel of consilient explanation between science and the arts. The arts ... also nourish our craving for the mystical.
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Heroes, it would seem, exist always and a certain worship of them.
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I react very badly when mediocrity throws a tantrum of entitlement.
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Without good horses, you are nothing. In polo, it's 70 per cent horse, 30 per cent rider. And I have the best horses.
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I think, on the whole that scientists make slightly better husbands and fathers than most of us, and I admire them for it.
