Willis Lamb Quotes
I liked quantum mechanics very much. The subject was hard to understand but easy to apply to a large number of interesting problems.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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When I read a script, if I feel it's written with the idea of just bashing other people, then I shy away from it. Sometimes it's some guy coming out with his own hatred, and I don't need to be a part of it.
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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?
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Chan Marshall has one of the most haunting, wrenching voices of any current singer, male or female.
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I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.
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My death scene in 'The Salton Sea' is really weird. I mean, I get shot in the head. What experience can you possibly draw from? There's nothing you can compare it to, really.
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I'm a vegetarian, but my family isn't. If I can keep everything in my house healthy, I don't have to worry as much when I eat out.
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I'm wide open and raw emotionally to the crowd.
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It's hard to get hot over a painting; there's no equivalent for teenage obsessiveness. Art obsession is ideology. Ideology can be made sexy, but it's easier in music.
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Christiania has a lot of strong, nuclear families. It gave us a sense of empowerment and belonging and richness. We had so much love; we were never in doubt that we were wanted in this world.
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I don't consider football fun. It's not like a water park or a baseball game.
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In 2007, I discovered I was a father to a little boy who I did not know about. After being on MTV's 'The Real World' and traveling the world, I was greeted by a stack of papers on my doorstep informing me that I had a child.
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I tell a lot of fart and poop jokes. I can't help it. I have no filter, and it just comes out.
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I hope and believe all the people that worked very closely with me at BHS for all those years, and some for the whole journey, will know it was never my intention for the business to have the ending it did.
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I'm a sucker for a sad song.
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I have six brothers, and in the past I've done quite a few girlie films, like 'Wild Child' and 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging' - so when they've been to those, they've been incredibly embarrassed. They won't be embarrassed going to see 'Black Death' - I reckon they're going to love it.
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The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.
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Affairs can be powerful detonators. They can invigorate a marriage that's flat, jolt people out of years of complacency. Fear of loss rekindles desire, makes people have conversations they haven't had in years, takes them out of their contrived illusion of safety.
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I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.
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I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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I liked quantum mechanics very much. The subject was hard to understand but easy to apply to a large number of interesting problems.
