Kip Thorne Quotes
We're going to need a definitive quantum theory of gravity, which is part of a grand unified theory - it's the main missing piece.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
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I had three attorneys dedicated solely to find the statistic of the number of missing Native American women on reservations. Any reservation, not just 'Wind River.' They don't exist. The federal government, which is responsible for the reservations, don't keep those stats.
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Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.
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The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.
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I saw the Kino print of 'The Man From Beyond,' but apparently a superior new print has been produced by Restored Serials. Maybe a few snippets of missing footage will close up some of the plot holes, but I have my doubts.
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I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!
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What I'm trying to do is put back into rap music what's missing - which is the good part, the fun part, that party part.
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If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
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Whatever's missing in your relationship, including a marriage, is what you're not bringing to it.
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I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.
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You know what shows today are missing? Stars.
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All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
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The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.
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Today, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow-workers to put forth my best efforts in my work? I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days, I don't believe I could have accomplished a great deal.
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As usual, nature's imagination far surpasses our own, as we have seen from the other theories which are subtle and deep.
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[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up.
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I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I do well understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge, it is not my function to develop public policy.
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We're going to need a definitive quantum theory of gravity, which is part of a grand unified theory - it's the main missing piece.
