J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes
There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a vertical sense and a desert light that you can see forever.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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I'm a rock singer, but I love soul, I love blues, and I love theatrical stuff, too, like theatrical rock like Queen and Meat Loaf.
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I think it'd be great if the evening news broadcast, for instance, were unsponsored and unrated.
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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This type of gathering is unprecedented. The time has come for Christians to publicly affirm our Jewish roots, distinctions and oneness in Jesus Christ.
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Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
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It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.
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A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.
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I never want to make a child worried or afraid, and I don't think I do. My pictures are born from the belief that children are far more capable and aware of social complexities than we give them credit for.
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There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.
