Isaac Asimov Quotes
Societies create their own history and tend to wipe out lowly beginnings, either by forgetting them or inventing totally fictitious heroic rescues.
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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As kids, we spontaneously sing and dance and tell stories, and along the way, someone comes and says, 'No. You shouldn't be doing that.' And we slowly begin to unlearn our passions. I think you have to hold on to those things.
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
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Lipgloss is my calling!
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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It was always my dream to write for a living.
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Some of the best logos are the simplest. One of the oldest is the mark used by the Bass brewery: a red triangle. Target has made a red circle with a red dot in the middle seem the very essence of affordable, hip practicality.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were really there - all that fun stuff stayed in the show, and I think that's why everybody remembers it so fondly because that just doesn't happen anymore on television.
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I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
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I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.
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We must promote national reconciliation and healing, not only between the Fijians and Indo-Fijians, but also between the Fijians themselves.
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I can't always live my life for everybody else.
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In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.
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Only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.
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Societies create their own history and tend to wipe out lowly beginnings, either by forgetting them or inventing totally fictitious heroic rescues.
