"I have never thought that you could obtain the extremely clumpy, heterogeneous universe we have today, strongly affected by plasma processes, from the smooth, homogeneous one of the Big Bang, dominated by gravitation."

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Source : "Hannes Alfvén: Dean of the Plasma Dissidents". Book by Anthony L. Peratt, p. 196, 1998.

Hannes Alfven

#Today Quotes #Bangs Quotes #Smooth Quotes

“It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy.”

Source : "Paul Giamatti: My family values". Interview With Elaine Lipworth, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2011.
“Maybe deep down inside we were all still in our formative years. Maybe it was never too late for any of us to change.”

Source : Claire Cook (2014). “Must Love Dogs: New Leash on Life”, p.76, Marshbury Beach Books
“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.”
“I'm a professor of national security studies, and I know a lot more about fighting than Rumsfeld does.”
“Growth is a greater mystery than death. All of us can understand failure, we all contain failure and death within us, but not even the successful man can begin to describe the impalpable elations and apprehensions of growth.”
“Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity.”
“That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is a well-thought-out motivation that she felt was worthy trade-off. The motivation here is survival, and she has to think like a leader.”
“I farm taro. I have eight varieties of taro, which is a staple of the Hawaiian people from about 2,000 years ago, and sweet potatoes, and it's a sustainable living, agriculture, off the grid.”

Source : Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. August 29, 2005.

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