Rainer Weiss Quotes

You know the Einstein waves can be thought of as a distortion of space and time. But the way we see it, we see it as a distortion of space. And space is enormously stiff. You can't squish it; you can't change its dimensions so easily.

Rainer Weiss

• Space
• Waves
• Dimensions
• Distortion

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• I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
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• I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
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• Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

  

  Adam Hochschild
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• He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.

  

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• We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.

  

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• I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.

  

  Ed Westwick
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• The best thing you can do for your body is sleep. It's simple. Cater to your body as much as to your mind. Your body, after all, houses your mind. You have to pay attention to your physicality as much as your mentality.

  

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• Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.

  

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• Members of Congress I have the high privilege and distinct honour of presenting to you, his excellency Bertie Ahern (/ei/hern), the Taoiseach, the Prime Minister of Ireland

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • High

• Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.

  

  Benjamin Rush
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• It doesn't matter what background you come from; it doesn't matter what your circumstances are - you can survive.

  

  Ashleigh Murray

• I'm not focused on radio or whether I'm going to get all the audiences... all I wanted were great songs that were universal to any listener - Black, White, Green, Yellow; any kind a age difference.

  

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• I learned to not be afraid to fix things that break.

  

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• People can talk about punk all they want, but after new wave put that down, metal is the voice of the disenfranchised and that need to become unhinged. That's why it appeals to so many people when they are younger and carries over when those people, at 40, don't want to grow up.

  

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• I don't like going out. I'm more of a watch TV, hang out, Netflix kind of guy. I don't like leaving; I don't like talking to people. It gives me anxiety.

  

  Pete Davidson
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• I was so flat-chested in high school that I thought I'd better be funny if guys were going to like me.

  

  Jessica St. Clair
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• We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.

  

  Tom Scholz Boston
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• My own hobbies are rather quiet. I like to read and do needlework, and I love animals.

  

  Betsy Byars

• I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others.

  

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• I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.

  

  Christine Flores
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• He swayed in the strong wind that pressed against his back. He swayed forward, on the brink of the high cliff. And his right foot, his enormous iron right foot, lifted-up, out, into space, and the Iron Man stepped forward, off the cliff, into nothingness.

  

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• One of the reasons I never went into pro football was because I wanted my kids to grow up around an academic environment. And that's exactly what we did.

  

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  • Up
  • Kids
  • Football

• You know the Einstein waves can be thought of as a distortion of space and time. But the way we see it, we see it as a distortion of space. And space is enormously stiff. You can't squish it; you can't change its dimensions so easily.

  

  Rainer Weiss
  • Space
  • Waves
  • Dimensions