Nigel Calder Quotes
But science does correct itself and that's the reason why science is such a glorious thing for our species.
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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.
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I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no matter what scheme you play in.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
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He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.
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In Mexico, theater is very underground, so if you're a theater actor it's very difficult to make a living. But it's also a very beautiful pathway to knowledge and to an open education.
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The only way we'll know where we're going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals.
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The average person tells a few white lies.
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I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.
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Life is a thread that someone entangled.
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Every man, deep down, knows he's a worthless peice of shit.
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The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection.
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The fundamental problem is not that there are limits on voicing different opinions here. The problem is that the whole society is dying through lack of responsibility or involvement.
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The State can always afford to finance what its citizens can soundly produce.
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We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.
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Every true genius is bound to be naive.
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There has been a great list of players who cut their teeth in Europe.
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The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second, the only difference between men and women is one of physical function- one begets, the other bears children. Apart from that, they both can and should perform the same functions - though men on a whole, perform them better and should receive the same education to enable them to do so; for in this way society will get the best value from both.
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Oh, how much is today hidden by science! Oh, how much it is expected to hide!
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But science does correct itself and that's the reason why science is such a glorious thing for our species.
