David Mermin Quotes
coincident with the explosive growth of research, the art of writing science suffered a grave setback, and the stultifying convention descended that the best scientific prose should sound like a non-human author addressing a mechanical reader. ... We injure ourselves when we fail to make our discipline as clear and vibrant as we can to students - prospective scientists - and to the public who pay the taxes.
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A vote for Japan is a vote for the future of rugby. We will do our best to make rugby a global sport.
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth.
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I vividly remember Charles Bronson's face in 'Chino.' The western genre is screaming for a face like that.
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Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end.
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I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend.
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There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver, and perhaps even to succumb. When that time comes, those who love liberty must rise to the occasion. Will you lovers of liberty rise to the occasion?
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Anything that consoles is fake.
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El hombre, cuando es solamente lo que parece ser el hombre, casi no es nada.
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A good day is when no one shows up, and you don't have to go anywhere.
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Everyone expects me to be 9 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds when they meet me.
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It's good to have a governing body to oversee matters in making of films, but you can't blame films for what is happening in society.
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Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right?
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I like to look put together without trying too hard. I don't want to look as if God's made another rainbow - I prefer muted, autumnal colours, like most fading redheads.
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No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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Our enormous surplus revenues are illogical and oppressive.
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My number one thing? Don't overleverage yourself. Don't say you can do something when you really can't.
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All the privilege I claim for my own sex ... is that of loving longest, when existence or hope is gone.
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coincident with the explosive growth of research, the art of writing science suffered a grave setback, and the stultifying convention descended that the best scientific prose should sound like a non-human author addressing a mechanical reader. ... We injure ourselves when we fail to make our discipline as clear and vibrant as we can to students - prospective scientists - and to the public who pay the taxes.
