Lee Smolin Quotes
There is no meaning to space that is independent of the relationships among real things of the world. ...Space is nothing apart from the things that exist. ...If we take out all the words we are not left with an empty sentence, we are left with nothing.

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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.
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I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.
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Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a little while. I honestly think, even today, that would be the other career I would go into. Somehow I would be involved with animals.
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The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.
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All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.
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I like to stay home a lot. I like to do other things too, like decorate or build.
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The value of a story like 'Deadline' is kids get to look at death at the perfect distance. They can put the book down. They can experience the story, rub up against it, but it's not real life.
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Women who may choose to have silicone breast implants are entitled to independent research to ensure they have complete and comprehensive information. It's especially important since so many women have experienced complications with their implants they never knew were possible.
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A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
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When you deal with a person who's experiencing dementia, you can see where they're struggling with knowledge. You can see what they forget completely, what they forget but they know what they once knew. You can tell how they're trying to remember.
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There is no meaning to space that is independent of the relationships among real things of the world. ...Space is nothing apart from the things that exist. ...If we take out all the words we are not left with an empty sentence, we are left with nothing.