Hannes Alfven Quotes
I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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I love football, football is my life.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
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The grass is always greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's AstroTurf. Symbols are never reality. Someone might have amassed material success and fame, but that doesn't mean they're happy. So, don't go judging a person's life by the cover.
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There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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For a long time, I was portrayed as the Osama bin Laden of the Internet, and I really wanted to be able to tell my side of the story. I wanted to be able to explain exactly what I did and what I didn't do to people who thought they knew me.
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This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.
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Social media is fine, depending on how you use it.
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I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.
