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John Polkinghorne Quotes

I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it after about twenty-five years.

John Polkinghorne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: physicist
Nationality: british
Birth: October 16, 1930

Topics

Science Career Done Years Leave

I look after my skin quite a lot because in this job, it can get stressful. Pimples come out! I cleanse and moisturize, sometimes do face masks. I've also got a Clarisonic, which is good.

Jess Glynne

Good Job Face Look Skin Sometimes

The cornerstone of our Tech 5 development platform is this uniquely textured map or world, where every surface doesn't have a repeating texture on it. It can all be stamped and modified due to the work done on it. The core technical question to be resolved on this was how do we get that media set to be playable on the iPhone.

John Carmack

Work World Media Done Development

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

John Barrowman

Pilot Airline Wanted Younger Seconds

Edgar Allan Poe, an earlier UVA student, once complained in a letter that his stepfather spoke to him as if Poe were one of the black slaves; some of the students at UVA surely felt the same about being told what to do by faculty.

Matthew Pearl

Black Student Him Same Being Slaves

The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle of fame, and I want to make films that smell real and are truthful.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Future I Am Action Fame Now Want

I'm a real relationship person - contrary to public perception. I'm either in one or I'm not.

Sienna Miller

Relationship Perception Person Real

I was keen to stage 'Faust,' although I find Goethe's 'Faust' indigestible.

Simon McBurney

Find Stage Keen Although Goethe

The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me.

Tom Petty

Time Together Me Writing Song Bad

While musical experts of the world focus on what choir members can do, I would like to focus on what choir members can be.

Russell M. Nelson

Focus World Choir Would Like While

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

Mike Krzyzewski

Positive Failure School Me Better

We look for the scrappy entrepreneur: the kind of person who will get things done without looking to spend money right away.

Jon Oringer

Money Looking Look Person Done Kind

The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park.

Christo

Walk People Place Leisure Park Only