Arthur Eddington Quotes
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
Quotes to Explore
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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Like most ghetto kids I knew it was important to be 'somebody' so I became a good soccer player, because excelling at a sport seemed to make you special.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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I knew her work very well and I knew that if she offered me a role in her movie, it wouldn't be something stupid. So I agreed to do the film before I read the script.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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If you're clever enough and creative enough to get a good film made, then you should be clever enough and creative enough to find ways to get it out there, one being something like Jameson First Shot.
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I'm not surprised by hardly anything anymore.
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I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.
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The golf swing is among the most stressful and unnatural acts in sports, short of cheering for the Yankees.
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It was not perfect but I'm very happy. It could have been better, but I'm now looking forward to my second race of the season.
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What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
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I'll probably do a lot of acting first, then go to singing, but I am going to definitely sing someday. So when I do start singing, buy my album!
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Webs are made mostly of spaces. They break easily. They barely exist. They belong to the category of half-things: mist, smoke, shrouds, ghosts, membranes, retinas or rags; and they quickly fill up with un-things: old legs and wings and heads and hollow abdomens and body bags of wasps.
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It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
