Brian Schmidt Quotes
I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in it.
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I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
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I'm only 26 - I don't know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world.
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Love is more than one thing.
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In Windsor in the forties, and even up into the fifties and sixties, if you were black, you had to sit in the balcony of the theatres, and you couldn't buy property in most places.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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The starting point of all achievement is desire.
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China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
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I am not that thrilled about the way our records sound anyway. Don't get me wrong, I work hard on them and I want them to sound fantastic but I'm happy to have another interpretation of them anyway.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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I do not want to be sheriff of Hillsborough County, seriously.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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In March 2005, I was appointed to the board of the Santa Barbara metro transit district. I was incredibly optimistic about how public transportation can be the solution to help people live in the city and not need a car.
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The choices you make will make all of the difference in what you want to achieve.
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I didn't listen to half of the criticism I received. I just didn't let it enter my brain. It affects people around me, but it was my job to see through that. When you are in charge of a top club, where expectations are high you have to deal with that.
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Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.
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I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in it.
