Isaac Asimov Quotes
It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.
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No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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When I decided that I might want to do acting for a living - I don't know where it really came from, since there was no school play or any of that - my mom gave me her blessing. I had to get a scholarship - that was the only way I could have gone to drama school.
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The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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I think I've been a great citizen.
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
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I hope for all of us that the future brings us towards evolving our consciousness. To delving deeper into our true power. To exploring more the key to sustaining our planet and our art for the better of all living things.
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He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one's gaze.
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BASE jumping is skydiving from fixed objects, like buildings, antennae, bridges and earth - meaning mountains, cliffs. It's for sure - for me - it's the ultimate feeling of being in free fall, with all the visual references.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don't vote for me, don't expect anything.
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If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas.
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I've always been intrigued by questions of perception and identity-building, specifically how teens and young adults define themselves within their communities.
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To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.
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The reason I had unfaithfulness in one of my marriages is because I was too patriotic.
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My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.
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He had what we often lack — the maturity to see that faith isn’t something you either have or don’t have, but something that ebbs and flows in the life and soul of every individual. Doubt isn’t the opposite of faith. It is an element of faith. Where there is absolute certainty, there can be no room for faith.
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It seems to me, Golan, that the advance of civilization is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy.
