Randall Munroe Quotes

I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.

Randall Munroe

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My nominee for Best Picture of the year - maybe the best picture ever, because it's essentially made up of and is an ecstatic love letter to all other movies - is Christian Marclay's endlessly enticing must-see masterpiece 'The Clock.'

Jerry Saltz

LoveBestPictureChristianYearUp

In order to not have to deal with being gay in the world, you have to control everything. You try and walk in an un-gay way so as not to be found out. You try to control every situation, check the people around you, that you're not in the wrong place, and that can be exhausting. It goes on for decades, and it becomes mental sickness.

John Grant

WalkPeopleControlWorldSickness

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.

John F. Kerry

WorkBestTogetherAmericaStronger

As I grew up, I was interested in other areas, too, especially literature. It became a major love of mine. Later, it became a difficult choice for me as to whether to major in music or literature. It wasn't until my 30s that I began a profession in music.

Tom Glazer

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Peace is more than simply the absence of war; it is the absence of conditions that give rise to war.

Ron Dellums

PeaceWarRiseMoreAbsenceGive

You wanna work with people who you have a rapport with. You finish each other's sentences a bit creatively when you've worked together for a while.

Joshua Henry

WorkTogetherPeopleYouFinishWho

I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.

Doug Collins

MindBasketballForwardTeachersTry

I do think brands are like people.

Bozoma Saint John

PeopleThinkLikeBrands

I don't read newspapers or watch the news on TV, deliberately to avoid the noise.

Brad Feld

NewsNoiseWatchAvoidDeliberately

Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.

Philip Kaufman

DeathPrisonThinkEasyYouLook

A lot of bands have an unfortunate past; we've dodged a lot of bullets when it comes to that.

Tyler Joseph

PastBulletsBandsLotUnfortunate

Being a housewife is not important to me, but I'm never happier than when I come home and shut the door.

Nicola Sturgeon

HomeMeDoorImportantNeverBeing

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