Nevill Francis Mott Quotes
Neither physical science nor psychology can ever 'explain' human consciousness. To me then, human consciousness lies outside science, and it is here that I seek the relationship between God and man.
Quotes to Explore
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.
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You can't just lecture the poor that they shouldn't riot or go to extremes. You have to make the means of legal redress available.
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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.
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I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
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Racism is ignorant. And it's stupid. And it's old. And it's played out. So beat it already with that, you know what I mean? 'Let's all get along' - I'm so tired of that damn sentence, but it's true.
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You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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I have a Facebook page for me and my friends and a Twitter page.
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They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere that this is how you structure a script or something, and they just don't get it. It's surprising.
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Imagine feeling like every kiss goodbye to your loved ones each day might be your last kiss. Police officers and their families feel this way every single day.
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I grew up listening in awe to stories of their wartime adventures. My granny, Joan, was a journalist and wrote amazing letters to my grandpa when he was a prisoner of war, while my nana, Mary, was a Land Girl, then a Wren. They were so independent, resilient and glamorous.
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We know all their gods; they ignore ours. What they call our sins are our gods, and what they call their gods, we name otherwise.
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Food decisions - do I eat this or not? - are always going to be there.
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I appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the people of our state.
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I don't speak to my brother every week - doesn't mean I don't love him.
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Fifteen percent of Russia badly polluted.
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My friend Adele describes fundamentalism as holding so tightly to your beliefs that your fingernails leave imprints on the palm of your hand... I think she's right. I was a fundamentalist not because of the beliefs I held but because of how I held them: with a death grip. It would take God himself to finally pry them out of my hands. (p.17-18)
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God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.
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Neither physical science nor psychology can ever 'explain' human consciousness. To me then, human consciousness lies outside science, and it is here that I seek the relationship between God and man.
