Martin Rees Quotes

The Cern laboratory in Geneva was set up in 1955 to bring together European scientists who wished to pursue research into the nuclear and sub-nuclear world. Physicists then had greater clout than other scientists because the memory of their role in the Second World War was fresh in people's minds.

Martin Rees

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TogetherWarMemoryPeopleResearch

The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London.

Jeremy Northam

FunnyLightMyselfCookingGardening

I don't think estates are grim places.

Andrea Arnold

ThinkPlacesGrimEstates

I live in Paris, a city where you have a lot of stylish women, so I learned a lot by observing the women in the street. But my mother was always a big influence as well; she is always very feminine in high heels and perfectly cut dresses, with perfect makeup but never too much.

Jeanne Damas

MotherWomenLiveCityStylishYou

The imagination of our children is blunted on television, and their thinking is done for them.

Stanley R. Jaffe

ChildrenImaginationThinkingDone

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

Sophocles

EndWillDeedsWellBeginsToo

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

Tracy Morgan

YouLookOverYearsThroughUp

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Michael Sheen

HeartExperienceThinkParentYou

An adversarial family law system raises the stakes unnecessarily high, exacerbates the antagonism of the couples concerned, and is directly responsible for making it impossible for couples who would otherwise have reconciled to do so.

Louis de Bernieres

FamilyLawImpossibleResponsible

If I have my way, I'm going to dissolve the Forest Service. They're in the business of harvesting trees and they're not harvesting trees, so why have them anymore?

Don Young

BusinessServiceTreesForestWhy

I understand that it would be smart, career-wise, to line up something, but it wouldn't be smart for my personal life or my sanity. Some people thrive when they're working. I thrive when I'm hanging out with my friends and doing yoga.

Courtney Thorne-Smith

LifeSmartPeopleDoingThriveLine

Without great writing, you've got a bunch of actors bumping into each other.

Bob Newhart

GreatWritingYouWithoutGotOther

We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy.

Anne Carson

StruggleThoughtLanguageTalking

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