Luis Walter Alvarez Quotes
Because Ernest Lawrence's award came in the war years, I had the unusual opportunity of attending his Nobel Prize presentation ceremony.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
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First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
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All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.
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It gets very tiring when you are filming and then taken to a room to do school work. I never get any rest time. It is either work or school. Once you are an adult, you get to take a nap in between shots.
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I don't like possessions.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.
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Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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I never gave up on that idea, you know, that jazz musicians have the same opportunity as everybody else and that it's what you put on that record that makes the difference whether you sell it or not or are able to get it into people's households.
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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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Some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames. Great spiritual strength is often developed by those with physical challenges precisely because they are challenged. Such individuals are entitled to all the blessings that God has in store for His faithful and obedient children.
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Every actor wants to, in our own sort of weird sort of way, we really want to push ourselves and test ourselves.
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Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.
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Because Ernest Lawrence's award came in the war years, I had the unusual opportunity of attending his Nobel Prize presentation ceremony.
