Leonard Susskind Quotes

Whether or not evolution is compatible with faith, science and religion represent two extremely different worldviews, which, if they coexist at all, do so most uncomfortably.

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• Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.

  

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• I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

  

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• Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.

  

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• Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.

  

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• I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

  

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• I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

  

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• I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.

  

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• People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.

  

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• What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.

  

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• Voice acting is very different from live-action. You only have one tool to convey emotion. You can't sell a line with a look. It's all about your vocal instrument.

  

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• Whether or not evolution is compatible with faith, science and religion represent two extremely different worldviews, which, if they coexist at all, do so most uncomfortably.

  

  Leonard Susskind
  • Different
  • Science
  • Faith