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"Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles."
"If scientists don't play God, who will?"
"I think no matter what kind of music you play, there will be moments when you feel like it's all been done before."
"In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak."
"Men should learn to live with the same seriousness with which children play."
"You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort."
"I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball."
"I play a lot of games on my iPhone. There is a game called Rat on a Scooter that I will promote as much as possible because it has brought me so much joy."
"I was captured by music at a really early age. I was really captured by it. Everything about it. It was my mother… It was my father… It was my play thing. It was my toy. It was the best thing in my life."
"Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors."
"Never meddle with play-actors, for they're a favoured race."
"I can't write anything for myself. I can write when I hear like [John] Coltrane play something; I used to write chords and stuff for him to play in one bar. I can write for other people, but I don't never write for myself."
"I think with a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't play, you know, hide the salami, or whatever it's called."
"I never wanted to sing. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play."
"Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career."
"Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role."
"Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood."
""This is why alchemy exists," the boy said. "So that everyone will search for his treasure, find it, and then want to be better than he was in his former life. Lead will play its role until the world has no further need for lead; and then lead will have to turn itself into gold. That's what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.""
"His left foot is fantastic. It's like Mozart. God gave Freddy the gift to play soccer. If he is prepared mentally and physically, nobody will stop him. (on Freddy Adu)"
"If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule."
