David Grinspoon Quotes
Once we become a multiplanet species, our chances to live long and prosper will take a huge leap skyward.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.
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Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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I am Classic Rock Revisited. I revisit it every waking moment of my life because it has the spirit and the attitude and the fire and the middle finger. I am Rosa Parks with a Gibson guitar.
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Waiting the word of the Master, Watching the Hidden Light; Listening to his orders In the very midst of the fight; Seeing His slightest signal Across the heads of the throng; Hearing His faintest whisper Above earth's loudest song.
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Is multilateralism nothing more than a dodge for simple inaction?
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'What do you really think happens after you die?' That's the question that everyone, everyone, everyone asks. And I'm so sick of it. But my true answer is, I don't know. And there's no way I'm going to find out 'til it happens.
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The Internet has given us 10 or 15 new styles of communication: long messages like blogging, and then short messages like texting and tweeting. I see it all as part of an expanding array of linguistic possibilities.
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We can't blame the entire Muslim society because of the mischievous acts of a few individuals. Therefore, at the general public level we must cultivate the notion of not just one religion, one truth, but pluralism and many truths. We can change the atmosphere, and we can modify certain ways of thinking.
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Once we become a multiplanet species, our chances to live long and prosper will take a huge leap skyward.
