Charles Seife Quotes
The infinite zero of a black hole-mass crammed into zero space, curving space infinitely-punches a hole in the smooth rubber sheet. The equations of general relativity cannot deal with the sharpness of zero. In a black hole, space and time are meaningless.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
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I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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It will be thought that I am acting strangely in concerning myself at this day with what appears at first sight and simply a well-known method of fortune-telling.
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If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.
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The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.
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There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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The third-down sacks are critical ones, 'cause that's getting off the field.
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I guess one that wouldn't be obvious is - well, maybe it's super obvious, I can't tell - 'I Love Lucy' is my favorite show, going back to when I was 4. I've watched every episode I don't know how many times. It was something to watch women being funny when I was young.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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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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I like it when it's nice and quiet. I'm not a big city person.
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'Words and Music' on Radio 3 is always a treat. Actors read passages of poetry and prose interspersed with music, and nobody tells you what it is. Later you can look it up online, but at the time you can't cheat.
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In big science, the role of the individual scientist must be carefully preserved. So is the one of original ideas and of contributions.
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My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly.
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Serial fiction is a conceit of comic books and soap operas. As one goes, so goes the other in terms of public consciousness.
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The infinite zero of a black hole-mass crammed into zero space, curving space infinitely-punches a hole in the smooth rubber sheet. The equations of general relativity cannot deal with the sharpness of zero. In a black hole, space and time are meaningless.
