Murray Gell-Mann Quotes

Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect.

Murray Gell-Mann

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Far AwaySpecialCircumstancesSeen

The more flesh you show, the higher up the ladder you go.

Jerry Hall

YouGoLadderMoreUpShow

If you're taking a risk and you are not scared in some way, you're doing something wrong.

Jen Sincero

DoingYouWrongWayRiskScared

Bitumen, the new national staple, is redefining the character and destiny of Canada. Rapid development of the tar sands has created a foreign policy that favours the export of bitumen to the United States and lax immigration standards that champion the import of global bitumen workers.

Andrew Nikiforuk

CharacterChampionDestinyCanada

Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.

Steven Pinker

MotherEarthVeryEmbodimentOften

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Robert A. Heinlein

PowerReligionLawPoliticalWill

I loved my experience on 'Downton Abbey.' We shot it in six months, and it was the first time I'd ever been on TV, and I was surrounded by my friends. It was a wonderful, wonderful time.

Rose Leslie

TimeExperienceLovedFriendsFirst

Trump might become deeply unpopular in the way that I, with some people, am deeply unpopular, but that doesn't mean that we don't get things done. You can be unpopular and successful.

Milo Yiannopoulos

PeopleYouDoneWayBecomeMean

I tried to write about my first marriage in a fictional version but got two pages into it and realised it was too personal. Then I came up with an old-fashioned love triangle, which became the plot for 'Ralph's Party.'

Lisa Jewell

LoveMarriagePartyPersonalFirst

To hit bottom is to fall from grace.

Douglas Horton

GraceFallBottomHit

The Olympics are just different. I'm not sure why; the pipe's the same size, the board you're riding is the same, you're competing against pretty much the same people. But the Olympics is the Olympics, and I know it's a really big deal.

Chloe Kim

PeopleYouKnowWhyRidingSize

I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

Craig Brewer

PlaceUpFeltVeryIntegratedGrew

I didn't know they would pay you money to sit in a room and write songs for other people. I always thought that George Strait was singing a song, he made it up, and that was the end of it. But the instant I found that out, that that could be a job, I thought, 'That's the job for me. I gotta figure out how to do that.'

Chris Stapleton

MoneyJobPeopleMeSingingSong

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