George Smoot Quotes
There is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of creation from nothing.
Quotes to Explore
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My youth held little forecast of a career in biomedical research. I was born on February 22, 1936, in York, Pennsylvania, and spent my childhood in a rural area on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last.
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It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and now to see myself in the game, it's an honor.
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Michael Vick may enjoy watching dogs fight. Someone else may find that repulsive but see nothing wrong with eating an animal who has had a life as full of pain and suffering as the lives of the fighting dogs. It's strange that we regard the latter as morally different from, and superior to, the former.
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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The only two shows I watch are 'Walking Dead' and 'Nashville,' but both just went off the air for a couple of months, so I feel like I have to be productive because I'm not sitting around waiting for the next episode of zombies or mainstream country music.
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The more the father is involved, the more easily the child makes open, receptive, and trusting contact with new people in its life.
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To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
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The notion of innate knowledge (including moral knowledge) is rejected, but that of moral sensitivities is accepted.
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You have to be driven by something greater than you, where you don't surrender, and you commit to something like that.
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I'm not a naturally social-media inclined person. I still prefer phone calls to texts/emails. I... hate texts.
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'Reign' is probably the oldest one on the record. I wrote that when I was 19. 'The Dead They Don't Come Back,' which is the last song on the album, I wrote when I was 20, and 'Harlem River' I just wrote last year. It spans from 2007 to 2012.
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I'm such a foodie.
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Automobiles are fun and exciting. We need them. They are a part of our lives.
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I believe that all nations - strong and weak alike - must adhere to standards that govern the use of force. I - like any head of state - reserve the right to act unilaterally if necessary to defend my nation. Nevertheless, I am convinced that adhering to standards, international standards, strengthens those who do, and isolates and weakens those who don't.
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I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and I try to protect that process because I value the focus and intention behind it.
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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Continuing on my theme of backing inclusive innovations, I am optimistic of the success of Uniphore. Man-machine communication is one of the more complex problems to solve. Uniphore's vision lends possibility of finding a solution to this very difficult problem, and the company has already made substantial progress.
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The results are the payoff. And all this sweating and hard work will be worth it.
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There is no doubt that a parallel exists between the big bang as an event and the Christian notion of creation from nothing.
