Ahmed H. Zewail Quotes
I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.
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I wish it were not a sin to have liked it so.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
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The Analytical Engine does not occupy common ground with mere 'calculating machines.' It holds a position wholly its own, and the considerations it suggests are more interesting in their nature.
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Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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My school in St. Louis is great. They basically created a program where I can do online classes and independent studies when I'm traveling. But then I still get to go home and take classes in a normal school environment.
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Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.
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Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
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I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.
