Dimitar Sasselov Quotes
People quite often think of the question 'Are we alone in the universe?' in terms of other civilizations out there: life forms that have reached at least our level of technological development.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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I was raised a Calvinist. You might think you know what that means, but let me explain it the way my mother preached it to my three sisters and me back when we were at home: 'I buy my girls Calvin Klein clothes, so that's all they know. Then, when they graduate from college, they have to figure out how to pay for them themselves.'
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
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Maine is wonderful. It can be very hard. I mean, if you look at the profile maps it doesn't look it, but somehow when you get out there it's really steep and hard.
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I don't really see myself getting a Twitter account. Nothing against it. I get it. I especially get it for businesses.
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Life is a gift, love opens it up.
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I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction on a waiter or busboy.
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People quite often think of the question 'Are we alone in the universe?' in terms of other civilizations out there: life forms that have reached at least our level of technological development.
