Abraham Pais Quotes
Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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A real totalitarianism is at work in the world and wants to impose its views not only on Arab Muslims, but on the West. The same way that they veil women, Islamic radicals want to veil cartoons in the press.
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In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
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I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
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Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
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I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.
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I've been a closet lover of faux-reality TV since 'The Hills'. It's bad.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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Everything I post online is curated.
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I had toured so much in the 1960s and 1970s that I wanted a break. I didn't go back touring until 1995.
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I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
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My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.
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Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success in said market of some product of which they disapprove.
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I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
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One of the most terrible feelings in the world is knowing that someone else doesn't like you. Especially when you don't know what you've done to deserve it.
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Political power means the capacity to regulate national life through national representatives.
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Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.
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It's weird: for someone who mostly really exists online, I'm actually not very interested in the Internet at all.
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Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home.
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Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
