Alan Tower Waterman Quotes
Effective science teaching calls for active contact with research and that teachers need to mingle with other scientists and to know what is going on in the field.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.
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This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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The failure of the Russian Socialist Republic will be the defeat of the proletariat of the whole world.
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It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'
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In 1966, thoughts about playing games using an ordinary TV set began to percolate in my mind.
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I know a lot of actors who get a part and then they dissect it and they want to change it and they want to add stuff. I'm always amazed and so impressed by actors who do that.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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Women just love to shop.
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Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.
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For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.
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I'm a huge poster collector.
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When the picture was finished, they took me into the sound room and then I screamed more for about five minutes just steady screaming, and then they'd cut that in and add it.
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Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by both giving you a sense of purpose and helping to put your problems in perspective.
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My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
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There's fears in everyone's job. Ours are in the limelight, and people think we're incredibly privileged or nuts to do what we do for a living.
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The narrow path had opened up suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.
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But science is not a democracy. Science is a brutal arena where ideas are picked apart, attacked, and tested to see if they hold up. Those that do hold up live to fight another day. Those that don’t are dragged off and discarded. To survive, a theory must be supported by vibrant, meaningful, replicable research.
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I don't believe I can really do without teaching. The reason is, I have to have something so that when I don't have any ideas and I'm not getting anywhere, I can say to myself, "At least I'm living; at least I'm doing something. I'm making some contribution." It's just psychological.
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Effective science teaching calls for active contact with research and that teachers need to mingle with other scientists and to know what is going on in the field.
