Isaac Asimov Quotes
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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I have been fighting to protect women's healthcare and reproductive rights for decades.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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Guns can turn you into an insider even if you're an outsider by nature, recruiting you into a loose fraternity of people who feel embattled and defensive and are primally eager to win allies.
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In 1984, I gave a speech at Notre Dame titled 'Religious Belief and Public Morality.' I said that Catholic legislators will live by the laws of the church because we want to stay in the club.
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I think it is going to be very difficult for any church that still calls itself a church, never to try and convince someone that their religion is the best one.
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All you have done is to be different from other women and you have made a little success of it. This is unforgivable sin in any society. The mere fact that you have succeed to run the mill is an insult to everyman who hasn't succeed.
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My buddy Ron (Tater Salad) White talks about drinking my dip cup accidentally to swallow some aspirin. I was there when it happened and laughed my ass off. Was he amused? Of course not, but since it wasn't me drinkin' week-old Skoal spit it was downright comical! (p. 230).
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
