Bill Nye Quotes
If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.
Quotes to Explore
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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Here's how I work: It's 2013, and most marketers are operating like it's 2009. I'm always trying to market like it's 2015, but not like it's 2020. A lot of my contemporaries who understand where the world is going, go too far out, and aren't practical. I have always prided myself on being visionary, with a heavy practicality.
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The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way down at the bottom in terms of total numbers and growth.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.
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I'm always thinking, 'My goodness, I got booked again!' So I am really happy to still be working.
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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table.
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Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.
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I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space.
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I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.
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I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it.
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I've done over 125 posters and I have worked with some of the best photographers in the world. They made me America's Number one Pin Up.
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In college, my friend Melanie and I used to have weekly Jimmy Stewart viewings, and 'Harvey' seemed to make its way into the rotation an inordinate amount of times.
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Why would one ever be so insane as to ditch a perfectly beautiful metaphor? Cut back, of course, prune if you like, so that the best metaphors are clear and sparkling. But I will throw out unread the book that promises me no metaphors inside.
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I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.
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Our children, manipulated to become exemplary consumers, increasingly admit they do not feel 'in control' of their own Internet use.
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If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.
