Richard Feynman Quotes
I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
Quotes to Explore
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Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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I don't feel closeted.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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I wouldn't do a film like 'The Dirty Picture.' I have a husband and kids, and I won't be able to do justice to such a role. You need a certain mentality and ease to carry such a character.
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You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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I want to live in Kolkata; I don't want to live in Europe - I can't write there. I write in Bengali, and I need to be surrounded by the Bengali language and culture.
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Nature hates calculators.
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Only silence perfects silence.
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The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'
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Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.
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On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego.
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The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
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People fall in private, long before they fall in public. The tree falls with a great crash, but the secret decay which accounts for it, is often not discovered until it is down on the ground.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.
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I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.
