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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Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and feel that we are there as partners for them if they are prepared to make the necessary changes. But we should be in no doubt as to why we are in Afghanistan. We ended up there because terrorism hatched there erupted thousands of miles away in New York on Sept. 11.
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It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.
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It's easy for me to stay grounded because I know I am just a girl, a mother, a daughter, a lover... a normal person who was lucky enough to do this job, and I know it's my job - not the person I am.
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He set fire to some potatoes, then cooked some undelivered post in the embers." - Dad "Did he now? What a strange fellow. I would have done it the other way around." - Stafford
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If you don't want to be replaced by a machine, don't try to act like one!
