Jocelyn Bell Burnell Quotes

I think failing the qualifying or the 11-plus actually hurt me more than I realised. After I'd become a professor of physics at the Open University, I suddenly thought, 'This is a bit silly.' So I suddenly became much more open about it. But I think probably I was hurt by the failure and didn't want to talk about it.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 15, 1943

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The pedicure is beside the point - the rub is all I care about. And not just my feet, my calves and thighs. There is nothing better, except maybe a scalp massage.

Amy Landecker

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I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness.

Sienna Miller

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Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.

Tony Snow

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It's not a huge surprise that there are habitations at the bottom of the Black Sea.

Robert Ballard

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Personally, I like reading adventures which really have happened to people, because they show what kind of things might happen to oneself, and they teach one how to 'Be Prepared' to meet them.

Robert Baden-Powell

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I just try to keep it fresh without sacrificing funny.

Ron White

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I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes.

Ruth Rendell

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It doesn't seem like life will change very much for Martin Shkreli, basically ever.

Martin Shkreli

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I consider tragedy the highest form of art.

Joyce Carol Oates

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In 1997, we took time off, and that's when Oasis broke and Princess Diana died and I was home with my baby hating the music industry. People asked what I thought about the Spice Girls, and honestly, I was so happy to tell them I couldn't be bothered to care.

Dolores O'Riordan

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There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.

Donald Knuth

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Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.

David Suzuki

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