Adam Riess Quotes
We know there is gravity because apples fall from trees. We can observe gravity in daily life. If we could throw an apple to the edge of the universe, we would observe it accelerating.
Quotes to Explore
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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I think film writing, you're thinking in pictures, and stage writing, you're thinking in dialogue. In film writing, it's also, you only get so many words, so everything has to earn its place in a really economical way. I think for stage writing, you have more leeway.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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The ideal American type is perfectly expressed by the Protestant, individualist, anti-conformist, and this is the type that is in the process of disappearing. In reality there are few left.
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The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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Flowers she would pick like guitar strings, for a real good whiff of how how life behind par seems.
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I figured my body always would be able to repair itself. I think all of us believe that - until you begin to age and get hit with deteriorating joints.
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The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it.
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Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.
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We know there is gravity because apples fall from trees. We can observe gravity in daily life. If we could throw an apple to the edge of the universe, we would observe it accelerating.
