Gerald Holton Quotes
In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side-by-side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
Quotes to Explore
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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours;.
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.
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Women are made to be loved, not understood.
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I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
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I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more detail you recall. It's not all pleasant!
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I was acting since I was a kid, going to drama classes and being involved in every school play and musical that I could get my hands on, so it was something that was a part of me from a very early age.
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I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
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The history of our era is the nauseating and repulsive history of the crucifixion of the procreative body for the glorification ofthe spirit.
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Twenty percent of meals in America are eaten in the car. What if we turn even three percent of meals into open, compassionate conversations with loved ones around topics we perceive to be hard - like death or addiction? A lot will change.
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What we collectively decide about how to bail out our economy, how to pull our economy out of a ditch and what rules we put in place to make sure this problem does not happen again, will shape our country for the next 50 years. This is it.
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A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.
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In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side-by-side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand.
