"I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals."

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Source : "Hannes Alfvén: Dean of the Plasma Dissidents". Book by Anthony L. Peratt, p. 197, 1998.

Hannes Alfven

#Ideas Quotes #Trouble Quotes #Publishing Quotes

“Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.”

Source : Charles Kennedy (2000). “The future of politics”
“I'm not a coach and I know it. I'm too busy and it doesn't pay. I'm expensive. But I would always advise.”
“Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you donâ€™t learn to control it, itâ€™ll destroy you and everything around you.”
“It is extremely dangerous to talk about limits or borders. It is vital, instead, that we remain completely open, that we are always involved, and that we aim to contribute personally in social events.”
“I want to work, but I certainly am not going to be clawing at empty things when I can completely fill up my bucket with them - the other is a waste of my time.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I think the sweet thing about my job, more than the music I sing, is that I come into some town and a really cool community of people gets together. And they meet each other and maybe somebody falls in love or starts a little business together. I really see that as my role as I travel around the country.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“If we take as given that critical infrastructures are vulnerable to a cyber terrorist attack, then the question becomes whether there are actors with the capability and motivation to carry out such an operation.”
“Today we are again witnessing the emergence of transnational elites ... [Whose] ties cut across national boundaries ...It is likely that before long the social elites of most of the more advanced countries will be highly internationalist or globalist in spirit and outlook ... The nation-state is gradually yielding its sovereignty... Further progress will require greater American sacrifices. More intensive efforts to shape a new world monetary structure will have to be undertaken, with some consequent risk to the present relatively favorable American position.”

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