Alan Stern Quotes
Science doesn't work by voting. Did people vote on the theory of relativity? No! It's either right or it's wrong. Do we vote on whether genetics is a good theory or not? Of course not.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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I love dresses, and I've definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
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I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
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Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well.
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I'd rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.
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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.
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God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise.
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Science doesn't work by voting. Did people vote on the theory of relativity? No! It's either right or it's wrong. Do we vote on whether genetics is a good theory or not? Of course not.
