Rainer Weiss Quotes
Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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I am happy with my form; I just need to score a couple of goals. I want the ball. I want to create something.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet.
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I never wanted to be one of those 'Where are they now?' kids.
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I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.
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Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin.
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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
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A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of that. Or else, we will waste it once more in inflation and in the inability to raise competitiveness.
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I don't really believe in evil at all.
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Indians are sometimes accused of being condescending toward Westerners and of being excessively preachy in their attitude toward other nations. That accusation is sometimes correct.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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I thought I was a sexy symbol!
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Movies, I don't really get the bad guys. In theater, I get more bad guys. Both audiences and directors are more willing... to allow people to stretch. In movies, you do one thing, and then that's their reference.
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I'm definitely post-something.
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I like to work long-term on projects. It's fun to go in and out and get in there and do something and leave it behind, but to me, the real satisfaction is doing five years on a show, where you're really just up to your eyes in it. It's part of your life. That's what makes me the happiest.
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I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.
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People want reality that tells them how right they are all the time.
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I think it's important to be flexible and free, and you can't be free and spontaneous if you don't know what you're doing.
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All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.
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Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.
