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I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.
If a test showed you had telomere shortening, it would be a red flag suggesting you should take a look at possible risk factors.
T20 is fast-paced and a wonderful vehicle to attract wider audience. On a technical level, it probably has impacted Test cricket.
I might not do it again and again, but I would like to test waters which are considered forbidden for me. It is a human tendency.
In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.
Length of years is no proper test of length of life. A man's life is to be measured by what he does in it and what he feels in it.
There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing is another.
History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the battlefield.
A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.
It is the test of a novel writer's art that he conceal his snake-in-the-grass; but the reader may be sure that it is always there.
I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
My pranks have never been about getting a negative reaction. They've always been a tolerance test for the person I'm engaging with.
I think the appropriate response for a physicist is: 'I do not find the concept of God very interesting, because I cannot test it.'
Like the 'test tube babies' born of in vitro fertilization, cloned children need not be identifiable, much less freaks or outcasts.
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
On occasion, we at 'MythBusters' come across stories we want to test that require using a pig carcass to simulate human physiology.
I think every chef should have a food truck. It's a good way to test the markets, to invest in meeting the future restaurant goers.
They don't teach you just how to be in school. There's no class on that. There's no multiple choice test for Why Do I Feel This Way?
That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter.
We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.
Even with the bad news, I felt calm. I never shed a tear when I called my wife and said, 'Amber, my test is positive. I have Ebola.'
I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you really teach to the kid.
The biggest relief off my shoulders was when I retired from Test cricket and I knew I didn't have to bowl 40 overs in a Test anymore.
That should be our test regarding immigrants. Those who come to America to tear it down or live off of others should not be welcomed.
The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can.
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
A demon, in a way, is a test of your faith. Because if you're doing God's work, there's no reason for any demon to do anything to you.
If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
I want to make contributions that help us win Test matches rather than put us in positions where we have to play extremely well to win.
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.
The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.
If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.
The area out at Area 51 that was part of the Operation Plumbbob test continues to be contaminated. It was not cleaned up until the '80s.
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.
I was a terrible painter - my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso's demoiselles and the BBC test card clown.
In the early days, I often felt that I was taking a math test when we were playing. It was a profound feeling of having to prove myself.
I get extra time to take the test because of my ADD. Everybody's brains works differently and I just need longer for things to register.
Sure, cricket on a beach on the isle of Jura is different from a Test match in a stadium in Galle, 6000 miles away, despite the sea air.
I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.
Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?
I don't love the term gatekeeper because it feels like there's a negative connotation attached to it, so I prefer to go with litmus test.
Every job I do, I like to think it makes me better or I learn things. It's all about how much something's going to stretch me or test me.
For me, the litmus test to know whether or not I'm doing the right thing is to examine whether my decisions are love-based or fear-based.
I used to really panic about finals. I didn't understand the concept of how you could have one test that encompasses the entire semester.
I failed my exams and my driving test. I failed to get into the Foreign Office and drama school. The big F was dominant in my early years.
See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.
Bromates are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, but officials are required to test for them only when water leaves a treatment plant.
Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.