Richard Feynman Quotes
We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
Quotes to Explore
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Yes, there is plenty of hard work for them in addition to that which they do when they appear, smiling and happy, when the curtain goes up. Giving a performance is the least of their worries.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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Food Stamp recipients didn't cause the financial crisis; recklessness on Wall Street did.
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The marshalling of those resources in order to obtain the maximum war effort for Australia, and a maximum degree of help and cooperation for Great Britain and the sister Dominions, is the primary objective of the new Department.
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Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation.
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For me, there's nothing better than curling up in my favorite blanket on a cloudy or rainy day and just knit. Especially in front of the fireplace.
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How can German music not be represented by an article?
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I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
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For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the air and the light which vary continually. For me, it is only the, surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.
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Let her who is forty call herself forty; but if she can be young in spirit at forty, let her show that she is so.
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John Pilger: I read that you were a vegetarian and you are seriously concerned about the way animals are killed. Alan Clark: Yeah. John Pilger: Doesn’t that concern extend to the way humans, albeit foreigners, are killed?Alan Clark: Curiously not.
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There was always Helmut Newton coffee table books around when I was growing up.
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When you focus on the consumer, the consumer responds.
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I like sundresses with cowboy boots, little shorts with big wedge heels and a big piece of turquoise. I also love classic, Old Hollywood romantic styles. I'm 'country girl meets city girl' circa 1930.
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I write for myself; I'm trying to keep myself interested in the music. But at the same time, I want to make the songs relatable in a way; I want to keep melodies pretty simple and the lyrics open-ended so that people could maybe relate them to their own life in different ways. Something for everybody to have a piece of.
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One of the things that got me transitioning from physical science to brain science was asking, Why do we understand so much about the universe?
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Men and women who are lonely create. Those who are gregarious rarely do... Any poet would rather bed with a girl than write a poem about her. All art is the result of frustration. Art is energy deflected from its normal course in action.
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The balls definitely carry a lot more. There should be some more home runs this year. Some of the guys on the team will have more home runs. On defense we'll have to cover some more ground.
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Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.
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We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.
