Edward Victor Appleton Quotes
I am only a physicist with nothing material to show for my labours. I have never even seen the ionosphere, although I have worked on the subject for thirty years. That does show how lucky people can be. If there had been no ionosphere I would not have been standing here this morning.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
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I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.
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After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.
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We are embedded in a biological world and related to the organisms around us.
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There were…smiles of encouragement for Lydgate, and some smiles of sweet pity as well, as for the only leper present.
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The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there's not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I'm grateful for it.
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I am primarily a lawyer. I would rather play in the game than be the umpire.
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I don't interest myself that much.
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Along my path, I've realized that this comedy/drama balance is something that's really interesting to me, and I feel, like, authentic to my voice.
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Working with new people can be really hard and nerve-wracking. When you don't know the person, it's like being on a blind date.
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When I was a model - and I was all during high school and college - you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine. That's how your success was judged. The more cover, the better.
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When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous.
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I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery.
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As a quarterback, you have to love it. As much as you like to turn around and hand the ball off - the whole traditional football game - as a quarterback, you gotta love putting it in the air.
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One of the great things and one of the horrible things about the American character is this extraordinary optimism and arrogance that everything will continue to be great and keep looking up.
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I was a regular little boy who also enjoyed things that girls did.
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The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?
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For me, personally, I grew up watching American heroes and American movies and TV.
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I am only a physicist with nothing material to show for my labours. I have never even seen the ionosphere, although I have worked on the subject for thirty years. That does show how lucky people can be. If there had been no ionosphere I would not have been standing here this morning.
