Martin Rees Quotes

It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to be wrong.

Martin Rees

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In 2010, we have to focus on electing a new Congress and in 2012 we have to focus on electing a new president.

Andrew P. Harris

FocusCongressNewPresident

I love country music, but I also love gangster rap.

Anderson East

LoveMusicGangsterCountryRap

I was hired as a computer programmer for a national laboratory at age 15.

Andy Weir

AgeComputerLaboratoryProgrammer

The really successful work in England tends to be working-class writers telling working-class stories. The film industry has been slow to wake up to that, for a variety of reasons. It still shocks me how few films are written or made in England about working-class life, given that those are the people who go to movies.

Stephen Daldry

LifeWorkPeopleMeWake UpSlow

I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular.

Ritchie Blackmore

BecomeBarAnymoreUsePopularToo

So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray.

Mary Oliver

YouFlowSwimPrayInwardHow

Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture.

Joyce Meyer

CulturePeopleWorldSpoiledOur

The worlds of art and fashion have always been very intertwined at Dior. Francois-Xavier Lalanne and his wife, Claude, for instance, did windows for Monsieur Dior. Dior himself was a gallerist before becoming the revolutionary fashion designer we all know.

Delphine Arnault

ArtWifeFashionWindowsKnowBeen

Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.

Christopher Alexander

GreatEnvironmentalProblemsDesign

Israel's security policy is determined by our needs. I strongly reject all the unfounded publicity suggesting that Israel is prevented from taking action because of international pressure.

Ariel Sharon

ActionPressureSecurityDetermined

My own day-to-day observations confirm that many Americans can barely make change. At the supermarket where I buy groceries, I've watched more than one encounter at the cash register where both customer and clerk are befuddled at the prospect of double-checking the sums.

Priyamvada Natarajan

ChangeCustomerMy OwnMoreBuyOwn

Harley's been influential, but I'm not a big Harley fan.

Noah Hathaway

BigHarleyBeenFanInfluential

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