Lee Smolin Quotes
If we believe that the task of physics is the discovery of a timeless mathematical equation that captures every aspect of the universe, then we believe that the truth about the universe lies outside the universe.
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I was gladly cuffed, shackled, loaded into the caged bus and driven through the main gate of Bare Hill Correctional Facility for what I pray to God will be forever.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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Southeast Asia was home for much of my childhood, but I moved to Hawaii when I was in high school.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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You might call me an accidental entrepreneur.
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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I'm very, very blessed.
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Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.
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I've done a lot of odd jobs, including waitressing, which most actors have done. I was a busboy - girl - when I was younger and sold things at little fairs when I was younger. I mostly related the role to being a waitress and having to deal with customers. There are good people and some not-so-good people.
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And yet, something tied them together, strong than any of that, something with the power to conduct her blood and breath like a symphony, so that anything she did to fight against it felt like discord, like disharmony with her self.
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That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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Every hour that passed added to her grief, because it bore her further away from the living man, and because it was a tiny foretaste of the eternity she would have to spend without him.
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If we believe that the task of physics is the discovery of a timeless mathematical equation that captures every aspect of the universe, then we believe that the truth about the universe lies outside the universe.
