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I grew up surrounded by strong women, and that was a very strong influence. ”
In 2015, the majority of refugees and migrants reached the European Union through Greece. Greek authorities were overwhelmed by the sheer number of people arriving at their shores. But they did not stay there. They were waved through to Central Europe at an increasing pace. ”
Vision is a romantic thing. We have got into 'talent identification'. I am much more interested in passion - finding people who are really excited about doing something. ”
There is nothing so marginal as a party that has been in power for 18 years and slides into opposition. You influence nothing. ”
My oldest brother was a big influence on the films I watched as a kid. ”
I was told that if I wanted to be a leading man in Hollywood, I couldn't possibly be thought of as gay. ”
Whenever you say you're a physicist, there's a certain fraction of people who immediately go, 'Oh, I hated physics in high school.' That's because of the terrible influence of high school physics. Because of it, most people think physics is all about inclined planes and force-vector diagrams. ”
Something can be real - actually existing, not merely illusory - and yet not be fundamental. Scientists used to think that heat, for example, was a fluidlike substance called 'caloric' that flowed from hot objects to colder ones. ”
No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management. ”
I'm a prime example of the way kidney disease strikes silently. ”