Isaac Asimov Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
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I come from an immigrant culture. I'm only a couple of generations away from having been a servant girl myself.
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The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other.
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.
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You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.
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I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy... I like the ones that make you think, laugh or cry - they pull some kind of emotion out of you.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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I was a bit of a handful when I was a kid because I was quite hyperactive. Even in the house my mum used to put me in my pram because I was so full-on.
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I am confident my Hindutva face will be an asset when dealing with foreign affairs with other nations.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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I secretly want to shave my head.
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I like the realism of anti-heroes. It's a healthy thing. I think heroes can be very unhealthy at times because it doesn't connect you to reality.
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From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
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It was never my goal to be an actor.
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I'm attracted to long-legged girls with long arms and a little head.
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It's not even the female rappers that are catty - it's the fans. They just want that beef.
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If anyone can be considered the greatest writer who ever lived, it is Shakespeare.
