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'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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Those who say that I will lose and am finished will have to run over my body to beat me.
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True genius doesn't fulfill expectations, it shatters them.
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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.
