Edward Victor Appleton Quotes
No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears as atomic energy.
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I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
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I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.
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There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.
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How you gon' win when you ain't right within. Uh uh come again
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There are volumes and libraries of information in our minds and we are continually weighing information. We hear new things, we compare it with things we've heard before, and we take from it what we feel is pertinent and throw away what we feel isn't necessary.
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The second half of the 20th century was a golden age of molecular biology, and it was one of the golden ages of the history of science. Molecular biology was so successful and made such a powerful alliance with the medical scientists that the two together just flourished. And they continue to flourish.
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I don't give up easily. I have plans to be around for a while.
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Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.
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I talk to fashion designers and say I want some money to save the rainforest, and they say, 'Oh, I agree with you completely Vivienne. Yes, climate change, it's definitely happening,' but they don't feel that they can do anything about it; they don't even think 'Well let's stop it!'
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The contemplation of beauty, whether it be a uniquely tinted sunset, a radiant face, or a work of art, makes us glance back unwittingly at our personal past and juxtapose ourselves and our inner being with the utterly unattainable beauty revealed to us.
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I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood.
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I should not be a Christian but for the miracles.
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Seniors are attracted to the simplicity of the storefronts, ... They would rather speak one-on-one with a person.
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After half an hour the drug hit me like a sensuous tidal wave. I turned into a tactile temptress and wanted to stroke the whole world. It gave me untold confidence.
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Habits are more powerful than fears.
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There's an idea about who I am that's eternally projected onto me, and then I almost feel like I have to fulfill that role. Even when things come out of my mouth, I want to be sure I'm saying exactly what I mean.
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No scientific subject has ever aroused quite the same mixture of hopes and fears as atomic energy.
