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Murray Gell-Mann Quotes

Enthusiasm is followed by disappointment and even depression, and then by renewed enthusiasm.

Murray Gell-Mann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: physicist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 15, 1929

Topics

Depression Disappointment Enthusiasm

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables.

Waiting Growing Up Growing Outside

I know better than anyone else that my time is near. I've had a good life, and you don't stop and complain at this stage of the game. I've made some mistakes, and I'd like to stay around a little longer and overcome them, but there isn't time. I'll miss baseball. That I know.

Life Good Time Mistakes Baseball

I remember, when I started acting officially, I was unbelievably green. My first audition tapes were just horrendous.

Green Remember Acting First Started

I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of their world, they need a safe vessel for all their fears. Zombies provide that vessel because they're 'safe.'

People World Think End Anxiety Need

People keep saying Aldo deserves this, he deserves that - how the hell do you deserve something when you pulled out of all these events?

People Saying Hell You Deserve Out

I'm a real laid-back person.

Michael Beasley

Retiring had nothing to do with love of the game. Nothing. It had to do with how I felt about myself. I needed the break.

Rolando McClain

Love Myself Game Nothing Break How

I knew from the first moment I picked up a camera, on my first school assignment, what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I was going to find a way to travel the world and tell the stories of the people I met through photographs.

Mary Ellen Mark

Life Moment Travel School People

When James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' turned out to be largely bunk, critics everywhere secretly rejoiced. They knew it, they said.

Said Critics Out Little Pieces Knew

In general, when I'm writing, I concentrate on the story itself, and I leave it to other people, such as agents and publishers, to work out who it's for.

Work People Writing Story Out Leave

My understanding, when I think of immigration, is like... you know, this country was built on immigrants: the German, the Polish, the Italian, the Jewish, the Russians, the Eastern Europeans. So, all these people came in, and I don't know who decided like, 'No, that's it! There's a cap on it! No more people.'

People Think Understanding You Know

If you don't know about the 'black male code,' you should. It's something black boys learn early, even before adolescence. It goes, in part, like this: Even though you're not a criminal, some people assume you are, especially if you're wearing certain clothes. Never argue with the police, but protect your dignity and take pride in humility.

Police Humility People Black Pride

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