Isaac Asimov Quotes
'Stories grow by accretion. Tales accumulate - like dust. The longer the time lapse, the dustier the history - until it degenerates into fables.' Pelorat said, 'We historians are familiar with the process, Dom. There is a certain preference for the fable. The falsely dramatic drives out the truly dull.'
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.
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I know about raising money.
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Remember, the choices we make today shape the people we become tomorrow.
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I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.
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I used to be six foot four. Now that I'm old, I slouch. So, I'm six foot three.
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At Mass General in January 2007, Dr. Loeffler's team attached a ring-shaped metal frame to my head with four pins. Then I went to the radiation center, where they strapped me to the treatment table and secured the head frame so that I couldn't move.
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Nothing will work unless you do.
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You never know when you start a project just how good it can be.
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I realized I was never going to be Lance Armstrong. And in biking, if you want to make money, you have to be the best.
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Sure, I've met with people I don't agree with.
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The living self has one purpose only: to come into its own fullness of being, as a tree comes into full blossom, or a bird into spring beauty, or a tiger into lustre.
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'Stories grow by accretion. Tales accumulate - like dust. The longer the time lapse, the dustier the history - until it degenerates into fables.' Pelorat said, 'We historians are familiar with the process, Dom. There is a certain preference for the fable. The falsely dramatic drives out the truly dull.'
