David Grinspoon Quotes
I think the best SF writers are very aware of what we, in the scientific community, are doing, thinking, and discovering.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a way. It's cathartic. We all have things that we don't like about ourselves, little things. And I get to amplify those things and put them out there. It's fun and it has a cleansing effect.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
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Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.
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Golf is not my priority. I would hope people see me as a Christian man who loved his family, who loved being in the heat of competition and sometimes succeeded at it; who understood that golf was his job and that he was very lucky to play it for a living.
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The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication and interpretation is a remarkable amplifier of emotions, and of illusions.
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I've been in Los Angeles for a while, and the kind of psychological connection that one makes to people, it just doesn't happen out here.
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Strew gladness on the paths of men-You will not pass this way again.
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Baghdad is determined to force the Mongols of our age to commit suicide at its gates.
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I am thinking about changing the name #FakeNews CNN to #FraudNewsCNN!
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On MySpace ... the whole demographic of the stand-up comedy fan has changed. It's like an indie band thing. People think they've discovered you.
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I am a strong advocate for Marco Rubio. I think he is the kind of individual and leader who can expand our party. I heard him in Virginia Beach, and he talked about loving those with whom he disagrees and those who didn't vote for him. I don't think that's in Donald Trump. He is nothing more than a bully.
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I think the best SF writers are very aware of what we, in the scientific community, are doing, thinking, and discovering.
