Isaac Asimov Quotes
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If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself.
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Education is the mother of leadership.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.
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I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education.
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I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes.
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I'm more of a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl.
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The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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I don't play the role of a villain, really, but I like playing anti-hero kind of roles. I like characters where there's conflict, drama, and more personal investment than just being heroes.
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Privately, I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all.
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Not all cops are bad, but this kind of harassment has been going on for years in the ghetto.
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I don't really believe in stories, only in the people who tell them.
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All legends must be based on lies, Gordon realized. We exaggerate, and even come to believe the tales, after a while.
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Do you really believe that the moon isn’t there when nobody looks?
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For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.
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He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.
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My grandmother had a Ph.D in library science, so I grew up in a library, and I would appreciate those books and the smell of them and how they'd have these series, and it was cool to me. I always felt like, if I had an opportunity, I'd create an album that felt like a series.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
