Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.


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There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father u...
JACK STRAW
In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. L...
JACK STEINBERGER
In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the famil...
JACK STEINBERGER
I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors.
JACK STEINBERGER
I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation.
JACK STEINBERGER
I had no new ideas on the physics we might learn, and I could not compete with the younger generatio...
JACK STEINBERGER
I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depressio...
JACK STEINBERGER
In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We wer...
JACK STEINBERGER
I joined the Army and was sent to the MIT radiation laboratory after a few months of introduction to...
JACK STEINBERGER
I remember Nazi election propaganda posters showing a hateful Jewish face with crooked nose.
JACK STEINBERGER
It's great that people are interested in Mars.
JACK SCHMITT
But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base ...
JACK SCHMITT
It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Cany...
JACK SCHMITT
My family has served the country in almost every major war since the Civil War.
JACK SCALIA
There's a greatness in this country many of the kids today don't know.
JACK SCALIA
I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that ser...
JACK SCALIA
I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
JACK SCALIA
You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
JACK SCALIA
But this country is a great country and will always rebound.
JACK SCALIA
Because if you have a strong foundation like we have, then you can build or rebuild anything on it. ...
JACK SCALIA
Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.
JACK SCALIA
I was an only child until I was 14, and there were no other kids around the area really. So I spent ...
JACK REYNOR
I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor c...
JACK REYNOR
With 'Richard,' I was excited to make this film with such an amazing role for an actor. Play...
JACK REYNOR
As a kid growing up, I put a lot of pressure on myself.
JACK REYNOR
I couldn't even get an audition for network TV at home in Ireland.
JACK REYNOR
If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it's not enough to just entertain p...
JACK REYNOR
'Transformers' gives people the ability to relax and rest for three hours. That's a subs...
JACK REYNOR
When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and a...
JACK REYNOR
In terms of doing another franchise after 'Transformers,' I don't know if that would be ...
JACK REYNOR
'Star Wars' was something that I was definitely interested in. Whether or not I was really i...
JACK REYNOR
I was always a big fan of Charlie Chaplin movies. I love 'The Great Dictator' and 'City ...
JACK REYNOR
The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy ...
JACK REYNOR
When I was a little, little kid, my family got a new washing machine, and they had a big box that wa...
JACK REYNOR
I'd love to do a film with Michael Fassbender. He's one of my heroes. I think he's absol...
JACK REYNOR