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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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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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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Everyone has imaginary ideas of himself as being this or that sort of person. And you can be sure that the images are highly complimentary! But since they are purely imaginary, they are highly sensitive to assault by reality.
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At that time they said I was crazy because I wanted to make a movie that was 14 or 16 hours. But now people do it. There are three-'Hobbit 1,' 'Hobbit 2,' 'Hobbit 3.' Everything I wanted to do is possible to do today.
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Before 'Memphis,' I had never considered working on a musical. But when Joe DiPietro sent me the script, I heard the entire score in my head.
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I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're gonna eliminate racism like that. After Obama's elected how could there be any racism?".
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There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.
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I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.
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My favorite holiday memory was sitting at home all day in my pajamas during winter break for school watching a bunch of old Christmas movies like 'Jack Frost' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' with my siblings and parents.
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If you don't want to be replaced by a machine, don't try to act like one!
