Isaac Asimov Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.
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I have lived by one crucial principle since I was 24 years old. I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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What's so fun when you shoot in a car is you get to research all the other road movies that have ever been done, and you try to figure out where do they place the cameras and how many shots can you get with your people in the car. So just doing the research on the films is so fun.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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As per the age-old Customs and Central Excise Rules 1967, a person is allowed to carry only Rs 20,000 worth of gold.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
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I theorize that there is a spectrum of consciousness available to human beings. At one end is material consciousness. At the other end is what we call 'field' consciousness, where a person is at one with the universe, perceiving the universe. Just by looking at our planet on the way back, I saw or felt a field consciousness state.
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I'm so sick of gay this, gay that. I could care less. It ain't affecting my life at all.
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I'm not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo.
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All our projects are like fabulous expeditions. The story of each project is unique. Our projects have no precedent.
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It is good to be connected to family and friends, but when we cannot resist the urge to check updates or upload a photo, we are veering toward idolatry. Idols serve our needs according to our schedule. When we call, they answer. They give us a false sense of being in control. But over time, the relationship reverses. We end up attending to their needs, centering our lives on their priorities and agendas.
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Early investors in Uber and Airbnb, though they remain private companies, have valued them at stratospheric multiples based largely on the notion that Uber will transform and dominate local transportation and Airbnb will revolutionize the hotel industry.
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Plowboy: In your opinion, what are mankind's prospects for the near future?
