J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes
Bertrand Russell had given a talk on the then new quantum mechanics, of whose wonders he was most appreciative. He spoke hard and earnestly in the New Lecture Hall. And when he was done, Professor Whitehead, who presided, thanked him for his efforts, and not least for 'leaving the vast darkness of the subject unobscured'.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.
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Unfortunately, man, a lot of places in America have to deal with unnecessary violence. Somebody like me who knows it firsthand and could relate... I had a best friend killed, plenty other friends killed. I been through it. I seen it.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.
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We have to draw the line someplace with all the pesticides being used by the farmers.
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Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life.
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Especially some of the poorest in our society need to have the greatest support because health inequalities are too wide.
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There was no point. It's already done. Let's leave that alone. I mean, if you're not going to come there with something new, then just leave it alone.
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Bertrand Russell had given a talk on the then new quantum mechanics, of whose wonders he was most appreciative. He spoke hard and earnestly in the New Lecture Hall. And when he was done, Professor Whitehead, who presided, thanked him for his efforts, and not least for 'leaving the vast darkness of the subject unobscured'.
