David J. C. MacKay Quotes

Most of physics is about energy, and physicists understand inefficiencies. I wanted to write a book about our energy options in a neutral, human-accessible form.

David J. C. MacKay

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BookEnergyPhysicsUnderstandWrite

I love pop music. It's not easy to write a good pop song.

John Lydon

LoveGoodMusicSongEasyWrite

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.

Ann Beattie

HairLongSayNeverMustAlso

I figured if I write a modern thriller but spliced in the DNA of a classic western - the drifter who comes into town with secrets - I could do something interesting with both genres. Westerns are also an incarnation of the classic knight errant tale, the lone warrior with a moral code, and I love those types of stories.

Simon Toyne

LoveInterestingWarriorSecretsDNA

The band feels loose in all the right ways, and it's just so cool looking out and seeing all of these people that I haven't seen in a while.

Trey Anastasio

PeopleCoolLookingSeeingRight

I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized.

Lou Barlow

WalkI CanFinishAudienceWithout

We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.

Louis Aragon

FunnyNatureIdeasGeniusKnow

In terms of freedom, America doesn't invite any comparison to Russia. It would be silly to make one. Every line that I care to write, I can have printed. There is no point to even talk about degrees.

Joseph Brodsky

FreedomCareAmericaSillyI Can

You're always growing as a coach, and I am not done growing, and hopefully I'm not done winning.

Doc Rivers

I AmWinningYouGrowingDoneCoach

Emotionally, I'm about 13.

Dick Van Dyke

AboutEmotionally

It just tends to be that the grass is always greener. If I'm doing a movie, I suddenly think, 'Oh God, I wish I could just get a play script I could get my teeth into.' If I'm doing eight shows a week in a West End musical, I think, 'God, how lovely it would be to be in a TV series right now.'

Douglas Hodge

GodThinkEndWishDoingWeek

I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?

Christian Bale

CharacterMagicYouKnowMovies

I will never not take anyone's phone call.

Bonnie Hammer

PhonePhone CallWillNeverTake

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