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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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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I'm not afraid of the Canadian tuxedo.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.
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We'll support anyone who's doing something fresh.
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
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This sport gives you the highest highs and the lowest lows.
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Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.
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I can't wait to get my face lifted but my husband says, 'No, don't do it.' I think if it makes you feel better, go for it, but it would be nice if it looked good. There are a lot of people out there who are disasters and you think, 'Why did you do that?'
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I am not a black artist, I am an artist.
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My calling was first of all to ensure there was peace in the country, because we could easily have gone back to war. In the midst of the country, there were still warlords; there were many child soldiers who had never gone to school - they were part of the social setting - compromises had to be made.
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Plowboy: In your opinion, what are mankind's prospects for the near future?
