Gregory Benford Quotes

To us large creatures, space-time is like the sea seen from an ocean liner, smooth and serene. Up close, though, on tiny scales, it's waves and bubbles. At extremely fine scales, pockets and bubbles of space-time can form at random, sputtering into being, then dissolving.

Gregory Benford

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SeaOceanRandomWavesBubblesUp

I think there are really great movements happening in Portland. It's nice being in a place that supports itself and stands on its own.

John Gourley

GreatThinkPlaceNicePortlandOwn

Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't sound good to me. If you're making music in order to become famous or loved by the masses... that's not what I'm about. When somebody's making music for the wrong reasons, I hear it right away.

John Frusciante

GoodBusinessMusicPeopleMeLoved

I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of seeing the big picture.

John Oates

MusicCreativePeopleThinkPicture

There is a lot that binds Germany to Turkey, and even if we have a difference of opinion on an individual matter, the breadth of our links, our friendship, our strategic ties, is great.

Angela Merkel

FriendshipGreatOpinionMatterEven

I was certain when I was about 10 years old that I was going to be a special effects artist or a make-up man. I loved that stuff and pursued it for quite some time, actually.

Michael Carbonaro

TimeManLovedArtistSpecialOld

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

John Ruskin

NewUsPossessionEveryLoads

As an artist, you have to do what you feel passionate about. It has to be something you can connect with.

Stephanie Sigman

FeelYouArtistPassionateConnect

The very rights that we supposedly won for African Americans in the civil rights movement no longer exist for those labeled felons. That's why I say we have not ended racial caste in America; we've merely redesigned it.

Michelle Alexander

AmericaSayWhyMovementRacial

I'm not a bad guy. People who know me know who I am.

Juan Pablo Galavis

I AmPeopleMeBadKnowBad Guy

Andean skiing offers an unforgettable combination of beach-style weather, great snow and exotic travel. There are many attractions. Here on the fringes of the Andes, skiers will find few lift queues, tickets 50% cheaper than France, and unique scenery that includes condors and Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak outside the Himalayas.

Jonathan Franklin

SnowGreatTravelWeatherSkiing

The shoe is very much an X-ray of social comportment.

Christian Louboutin

ShoeSocialX-RayMuchVery

If you've developed an ideology that what's good for you personally also happens to be good for everyone else, that's quite wonderful because there's no moral tension.

Chrystia Freeland

GoodYouMoralEveryoneTension

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