Martin Rees Quotes

There is an ever-widening gap between what science allows and what we should actually do. There are many doors science can open that should be kept closed, on prudential or ethical grounds.

Martin Rees

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All research in the cultural sciences in an age of specialization, once it is oriented towards a given subject matter through particular settings of problems and has established its methodological principles, will consider the analysis of the data as an end in itself.

Max Weber

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It's one of the things that looks good written down, but the reality is that you think about the pieces you're doing and try to bear in mind everyone in the audience.

Matthew Bourne

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Cher wanted to be an entertainer more than I've seen anybody want to be an entertainer in my life.

Sonny Bono

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Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own rules, then they become against the creator and what He intended for government to do.

Tony Evans

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Anyone who has been as successful as I have should want to share those resources. Why not give some of it to charity?

Tom Golisano

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The mere fact that I'm former head of state and former under-secretary in the U.N. system, it means that I can get in touch with anybody in the world, in theory.

Martti Ahtisaari

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To be able to research directly from firefighters makes all the difference in the world in the authenticity of a performance.

Miranda Rae Mayo

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Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo.

Chrissy Teigen

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If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.

Arthur Compton

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I think it's such a clever idea, that you fall in love when you're 16, and then you have this fantasy about that person for the rest of your life.

Anne Reid

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Suppose the pay gap between men and women were magically eliminated. If that happened, simple arithmetic suggests that half of women would be unable to find what they regard as a suitable mate.

Phyllis Schlafly

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It is better to give then to lend, and it costs about the same.

Philip Gibbs

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