Arno Penzias Quotes
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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If you have to forecast, forecast often.
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The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.
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Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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Over the years, I've learnt from co-actors, directors, technicians, and even from junior artists.
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Rebellion is what you make of it. When you've been on a tour bus for two months straight, and then you get in your car and drive wherever you want, that can feel rebellious.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can only make a monkey out of the voters every four years!
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Thank you to everyone that has made me the athlete I am! God, family and friends, my competitors and supporters! You have all had a hand!
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When we are no longer able to change a situation - just think of an incurable disease such as an inoperable cancer - we are challenged to change ourselves.
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It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
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As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.
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I have to keep testing myself.
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Is it reasonable to assume a purposiveness in all the parts of nature and to deny it to the whole?
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I work in an industry where everyone is flawlessly beautiful, but I just want to be healthy.
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There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
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The kind of people who can assemble huge crowds into one spot will be the major influences on mass culture in the next decade. The rock enthusiasts have created some of the most exciting theatrical events on the planet.
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On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin and turn it up real loudly and get a good bottle of chardonnay and sit out on my deck and look out at the garden.
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Nearly four years after our country invaded and occupied Iraq, Americans are facing the painful truth that our nation has failed to achieve the Bush administration’s ambitious goals for that tragic land.
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If you don't want to be replaced by a machine, don't try to act like one!
