Isaac Asimov Quotes
Asimov: Well, I liked Star Wars. I thought Battlestar Galactica was such a close imitation of Star Wars, emphasizing the less attractive portions, that I was a little impatient with it.
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.
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Interior design is a business of trust.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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I feel like the gods have certainly patted me on the head.
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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Sam Jackson is like the Jeezy of Hollywood: He's for his people.
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If there's any definition to being perfect, you're perfect at being yourself.
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When I'm curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I've really explored it, I'm OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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Most whale photos you see show whales in this beautiful blue water - it's almost like space.
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A week of camp life is worth six months of theoretical teaching in the meeting room.
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Asimov: Well, I liked Star Wars. I thought Battlestar Galactica was such a close imitation of Star Wars, emphasizing the less attractive portions, that I was a little impatient with it.
