Wolfgang Ketterle Quotes

Amplifying atoms is more subtle than amplifying electromagnetic waves because atoms can only change their quantum state and cannot be created. Therefore, even if one could amplify gold atoms, one would not realize the dreams of medieval alchemy.

Wolfgang Ketterle

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ChangeDreamsGoldWavesMoreAtoms

I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about.

Joel Kinnaman

I have no political affiliations and have always and do now consider myself an independent.

John Glenn

MyselfPoliticalNowIndependent

When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.

Andrea Bocelli

FamilyGreatBestLearnTryingPlay

I think leadership is something you earn, more through actions than words.

Ander Crenshaw

LeadershipWordsThinkYouMore

You've got to believe in your damn self and do the damn thing, so I'm a big believer in self-belief, man, and going out there and working hard and sacrificing.

Max Holloway

ManBelieveSelfYouDamnHard

You have to maintain a culture of transformation and stay true to your values.

Jeff Weiner

CultureTransformationYouValues

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness.

Tracy Kidder

LifeHappinessPurposeHappyYou

I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.

Roger Ebert

BestBelieveEndDoneI BelieveOur

I was fixated on Prince's 'Black Album' for a long time.

Rivers Cuomo

TimeBlackLongLong TimePrince

There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.

Robyn Davidson

LadyCamelThingsBeingWorseThan

I was always telling myself I could handle a more complex role, I could handle something bigger and more interesting than the work I was doing. But I wasn't demanding that of myself. At a certain point, I realized it was never going to come my way unless I started taking more control of it. That's what I realized I had to do.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

WorkMyselfControlInterestingWay

In Eastern Europe, the past is not only always hovering over the present, it is not even passed. It waits, like some malevolent caged beast, ready at any moment to escape and bring back all the horrors.

Michael Korda

MomentPastPresentBackReadyOver

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