Kip Thorne Quotes
I became interested in this question of whether you can build wormholes for interstellar travel. I realized that if you had a wormhole, the theory of general relativity by itself would permit you to go backward in time.
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I don't like to rate myself; others can do that.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
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I started out doing musicals.
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I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.'
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It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.
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The chances are you've never seen the other side of me. You've seen the event side of me when I'm on stage. But there is another side of me. If you evoke that side, you won't like it. It's a nasty side. You don't want to see that side. You're not missing anything by not seeing it.
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I'd like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.
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When it was time for me to get in the ring, I was ready.
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I became interested in this question of whether you can build wormholes for interstellar travel. I realized that if you had a wormhole, the theory of general relativity by itself would permit you to go backward in time.
