William Henry Bragg Quotes
In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into any sort of combination with each other: occasionally, atom must meet atom and, so to speak, each hold out vain hands to the other, but the pace is too great and, in a moment, they are far away from each other again.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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There was a girl who messaged me and said she was on the verge of taking her life, then 'Battles' came on just in the nick of time.
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Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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I'm afraid that the passage of time is mostly lost on me. If you were to open up my head you would see that I'm still brooding about statements, songs and issues from the third grade. The years between 1980 and today went by very, very quickly.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
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I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
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That heart alone is hard which does not shudder at itself for not feeling its hardness.
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I'm pretty much a straight guy on 'The Office.' We can't all be crazies. You need some balance.
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I get up every single day trying to repay a debt that I can never repay. Never. And I will work hard. Because I don't know why I was saved. I don't know.
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Here in L.A., there are a lot of dead spots, and you have to drive to find energy, but all of India is so energetic.
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I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars.
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I would love to get a role that changes the landscape of being an African American woman in television and film.
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When I'm directing, I noticed I'm not using my subconscious at all. I'm literally using the whole front part of my brain all the time. When you walk on the set, every moment you have to be there because something's going on that requires attention.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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In a gas, motion has the upper hand; the atoms are moving so fast that they have no time to enter into any sort of combination with each other: occasionally, atom must meet atom and, so to speak, each hold out vain hands to the other, but the pace is too great and, in a moment, they are far away from each other again.
