Vera Rubin Quotes

Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.

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• A reciprocal of a fraction is found by flipping it upside down. If you want the reciprocal of a mixed number or a whole number, just convert it to an improper fraction, and then flip it!

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Want
  • Down
  • Upside Down

• While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.

  

  Odilon Redon
  • Art
  • True
  • Reality

• And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

  

  Umberto Guidoni
  • Chance
  • Happened
  • Flight

• I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Power
  • Know
  • Sometimes

• Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

  

  Mae West
  • May
  • Dangerous
  • Curves

• In Paris, you're as far as possible from the land of pleasant smiles.

  

  Kanye West
  • Paris
  • Possible
  • Land

• I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • God
  • Think
  • Man

• What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'

  

  Patricia Reilly Giff
  • Home
  • Book
  • Morning

• Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?

  

  Orson F. Whitney
  • Good
  • Question
  • Poetry

• There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • Great
  • New
  • New York

• Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Sound
  • Classes
  • Accent

• I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Children
  • Sharp
  • Stairs

• Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Science
  • Political
  • Professional

• I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Said
  • Security
  • Illusion

• Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Great
  • Chinese
  • Asset

• My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

  

  Abbie Cornish
  • Freedom
  • Artist
  • Creative

• My normal life is like being on holiday.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Life
  • Holiday
  • Normal

• Doing 'Narcos' is a very, very important part of my life. I dedicated so much of my life to it.

  

  Wagner Moura
  • Life
  • Important
  • My Life

• I don't know anybody who said, 'I love that teacher, he or she gave a really good homework set,' or 'Boy, that was the best class I ever took because those exams were awesome.' That's not what people want to talk about. It's not what influences people in one profession or another.

  

  Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • People
  • Good
  • She

• Whatever the final outcome in Iraq, our men and women in uniform should stand tall with pride for a job well done. It was our political leaders - of both parties and both presidencies - who failed us.

  

  Kathleen Troia McFarland
  • Men
  • Women
  • Done

• I am two different people. What you see on the court is just natural for me. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have always said 'C'mon' purely to fire myself up. Off the court, I am a lot shyer. I stick to my team and my family and people I trust.

  

  Lleyton Hewitt
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• You cannot make a difference unless you're different.

  

  Justin Timberlake NSYNC
  • Different
  • Differences
  • Unless

• I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • People
  • World
  • Future

• Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That's a different question.

  

  Vera Rubin
  • Different
  • Question
  • Sex