#being

I had changed from being a mathematician to a practicing scientist. I was increasingly embarassed that I could no longer follow some of the more modern branches of pure mathematics. ↗

— John Pople

#branches #changed #could #follow #had

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#author #being #book #classic #continuing

I love the physical thing of being on the earth that bore you. I have the same feeling when I walk in a very beautiful place that I have when I play and it goes right. ↗

— Jacqueline du Pre

#beautiful place #being #bore #earth #feeling

Our men and women in uniform put their lives on the line for our nation every day; they should not have to jeopardize their financial well-being as well. ↗

— Mark Pryor

#every #every day #financial #jeopardize #line

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#being #being in love #china #doubt #ever

Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today. ↗

— Mary Quant

#being #fashion #frivolous #part #today

And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#being #challenging #had #him #i

Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that. ↗

— Bobby Rahal

#being #gets #happens #injured #into

His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed. ↗

— Willie Morris

#being #claim #deep #ghosts #his

I can cite numerous sponsors at different places in my career that made a huge difference for me just in terms of pulling me aside and giving me a tip or some coaching, or just watching what I was doing and not being afraid to tell me the truth about it. ↗

— Denise Morrison

#afraid #aside #being #being afraid #career