Isaac Asimov Quotes
'Such unsubtle escapism! Really, Dr. Fara, such folly smacks of genius. A lesser mind would be incapable of it.'
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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People can't even imagine that it's possible to succeed anymore.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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One time I went into a restroom and a girl followed me in. I signed an autograph for her in the sink. It was pretty funny because she was in a guy's restroom and she wasn't embarrassed at all.
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We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.
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Reggae has a philosophy, you know? It's not just entertainment. There's an idea behind it, a way of life behind the music, which is a positive way of life, which is a progressive way of life for better people.
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There's a certain kind of idealism attached to 'Tusk' as a subtext to the music, and I think people now can respond not only to how colorful and experimental it is, but also why it was made.
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I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.
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We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind.
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Set ambitious goals and don't be afraid to declare and aim for them. You need to know where you want to go in order to get there. It is important to have a destination in mind.
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The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.
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'Such unsubtle escapism! Really, Dr. Fara, such folly smacks of genius. A lesser mind would be incapable of it.'