Arthur William Galston Quotes
In my view, the only recourse for a scientist concerned about the social consequences of his work is to remain involved with it to the end.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
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Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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I'd love to do a movie with Denzel Washington, or some action star such as Matt Damon or Mark Wahlberg would be really cool, too.
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The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
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We need to be aware of what we are capable of first and realize that if you place your dreams really really high, you do have the potential to get to that level.
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I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people. I write about people doing the kinds of things that people do.
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I write about real life as it is lived by the young American Muslim women that I've had the pleasure of meeting throughout the course of my travels as a writer and being able to speak in different places and meet different people at signings and things.
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My mom didn't use face cream, like, nothing at all. She's got great skin and looks very youthful.
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If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the stairs, one by one.
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There is something else at work here that is beyond me - and that is Laura. She has a life of her own. There is a magic in her. The muse is in her. And I'm lucky to have her in my life.
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I'm enjoying writing songs that are more stripped back.
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There's something about the Irish that is remarkable.
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I think the guys who are sort of infantry in Somali piracy are not unlike low-level drug dealers in urban areas in America, who see it as, you know, not having many other options. I think it comes down to money and needing to survive.
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Psmith is the only thing in my literary career which was handed to me on a plate with watercress round it, thus enabling me to avoid the blood, sweat and tears inseparable from an author's life.
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In my view, the only recourse for a scientist concerned about the social consequences of his work is to remain involved with it to the end.
