Albert Einstein Quotes
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by work of which one is sure one is capable. Only when we do not have to be accountable to anybody can we find joy in scientific endeavor.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.
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It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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I find short, fast romances romantic. There's a beauty to dark imagery.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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We didn't gel with Poison and the Bon Jovi. Bon Jovi was the best of the pop metal bands, but we never fit in with the hair metal stuff. We were never as hip as the Chili Peppers. We were in the middle.
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The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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I would like to be a polyglot.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.
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People have said things about me, and wrote and criticized me about things in the past, but it goes in one ear and out the other.
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Grief is bizarre territory because there's no predicting how long it'll take to get over certain things. You just don't know how long it's going to resound in your life.
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I have all these rules for avoiding depression. One is going outside in the morning. I don't keep breakfast in the house, so that I have to go out first thing when I first wake up. And then I come back and shower.
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You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer.
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Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man - there's your diamond in the rough.
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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
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Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.
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Dr. Bronner's is the best. My mom had Dr. Bronner's around since I was a little kid, and I've used it in the shower as soap ever since.
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Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. One should earn one's living by work of which one is sure one is capable. Only when we do not have to be accountable to anybody can we find joy in scientific endeavor.
