Isaac Asimov Quotes
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I got all my boyhood in vanilla winter waves around the kitchen stove.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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I would like the world to know that Yemeni women are strong, and if empowered, they can achieve. The world needs to look beyond stereotypes and dress code. In our hearts, we are just human beings who want to live a dignified life. Is that too much to ask for?
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I wouldn't mind an original letter from Napoleon to Josephine - in the early days, his letters arrived torn to pieces because he was overwhelmed by his passion for her.
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Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
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I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'
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I was a dancer, so for me, if I don't work out for a week or move my body in some sense, I feel weird.
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When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me.
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If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.
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My fans have always loved my metaphors.
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I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day.
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I majored in political communications, so I intended to be a diplomat.
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I'm basically nocturnal.
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To me, the glass is always half full, never half empty.
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The human condition: lost in thought.
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I thought 'Cabin in the Woods' was really incredible.
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History devours, but at times it resurrects. Some lives must wait for history to catch up.
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You are trying not only to reach your potential but to move beyond it. If you are not in the best shape you can be, these things simply become more difficult to achieve.
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'Reason', p. 63
