J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes
In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.J. Robert Oppenheimer
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
Adam Goldberg -
Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
Ramez Naam -
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
T. Boone Pickens -
Historically, in India, the strange fact was that the equity owner was not taking as much hit as the lender. Therefore, if we restore the first principle of economics, that first the equity owner needs to take the hit and then the lender, we will get a good solution.
Uday Kotak -
I couldn't speak any English when I first left Russia, and Intimissimi taught me everything. The team was like a family to me - they showed me how to model and how to stay in shape. They really believed in me.
Irina Shayk -
I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
Barkhad Abdi
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
K. Flay -
Novelists want to be published and need a publisher to decide to print 20,000 copies. So you need to entertain on some level. I want to reach out and connect.
Paolo Bacigalupi -
The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
Karl Liebknecht -
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
Patricia Hill Collins -
How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
J. D. Salinger
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
B. B. King -
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
H. L. Mencken -
I am about safety for the people and the planet.
Naomi Klein -
Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
Samuel Alexander -
I don't find it hard to direct myself. I can easily think of me as a horrible performer or a good performer. I work with actors who cannot stand watching or looking at themselves, which is not my case. I can have an eye and perspective on whether I'm terrible or good enough for me.
Xavier Dolan -
As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
Fat Joe
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Lobby for Decency Declares Brain an Erogenous Zone, Demands Mandatory Hatting.
Pat Cadigan -
The Holy Ghost bears witness to us of the truth and impresses upon our souls the reality of God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, so surely that no earthly power or authority can separate us from that knowledge.
James E. Faust -
There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
Calvin Klein -
In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.
J. Robert Oppenheimer