John Polkinghorne Quotes

People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science.

John Polkinghorne

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A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not.

Robert Ludlum

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I blacked out in a Rite Aid. The doctor told me my heart function was at 5 percent. I spent two months in the hospital waiting to have a transplant. For me, that was the end of the world.

Amy Sherald

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I learned to hear silence. That's the kind of life I lived: simple. I learned to see things in people around me, in my mom, dad, brothers and sisters.

Sidney Poitier

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As a very experienced writer once told me, 'It's in the rewrites'.

Tom Skerritt

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If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.

Tom Hanks

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Skating is now retro and hip.

Robin Cousins

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With young people, it's how brassy and flashy can you be. But you get a bit older, it's about how restrained can you be. You have to feel it all, think it all, but you don't have to play it - it's just gotta be there, and if the story's good and the script's good, people will see it.

Robert Taylor

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Directing is like looking at the stars on a cloudless night. You get away from all light sources, and you look up, and you see 50 points of light. And a minute later 100 and another minute later 1,000 and then 10,000. And then this swirling gigantic carpet above you, and somehow it all seems to connect.

Russell Crowe

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You know how it is in L.A. At times, it's a dog-eat-dog world. There's a lot of sharks. I think with YouTube, we're anti that. We're anti-competitive. We're all about collaborating and supporting.

Michelle Phan

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My writing process is a mix of research, personal experiences, washing the dishes, raising kids while thinking - then writing.

Jean Craighead George

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When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

Claire McCaskill

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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

Aristotle

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