John Polkinghorne Quotes

If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.

John Polkinghorne

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ScienceExperienceWorldStrange

The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I borrowed elements of people I admired and invested them in this mythical character. I'm such a fluent, specious person now, but I was an extremely awkward fellow in those days.

John le Carre

CharacterPeoplePersonNowPersonal

The poor don't want some small life. They don't want to game the system. They want to contribute, and they want to thrive. But poverty reduces people born for better things.

Matthew Desmond

LifePeopleSmallGameBetterBorn

I really don't go out at all; I just stay at home and watch movies and skateboard around the house.

Michael Angarano

HomeHouseGoMoviesOutWatch

There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you're afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.

Amanda Palmer

FreedomWomanConstructionThinkYou

The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.

Mary McLeod Bethune

CharacterWorthTrueRaceMust

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

Don DeLillo

MeThinkMoviesJazzMoreAbstract

I always have this imagination, something I want to use. I don't understand the idea of leisure time.

Cher Wang

TimeImaginationWantUnderstandUse

Our perception of time is really driven by our perception of the unfamiliar, vivid, and new.

Brian Chesky

TimePerceptionNewDrivenVivid

I only make movies that are interesting to me.

Brian Grazer

MeInterestingMoviesOnlyMake

I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.

Antonio Lobo Antunes

FamilyPatriotismMeRootsWorld

I never considered myself a writer. I'm a teacher. In a way, I feel kind of... kind of guilty for all the people who are writers who hope to be on the best-seller list someday, who live for that and don't get it, and it came to me as a kind of free gift, like God coming to Abraham and announcing, 'I've chosen you!'

Allan Bloom

LiveGodHopeTeacherMyselfPeople

We want a country. and we will get it, our country.

Pauline Marois

CountryWantWillGetOur

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