Isaac Asimov Quotes
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I like being unconventional.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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I've felt that if you dwell too much on your errors, you're dealing in the negativity of things. I don't like that. I'd rather work on the positive reinforcement, the things I did well.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.
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There was a summer during which the whole South Shore of Oahu, you could see the bleached coral almost across all of the surfing spots. And so it's gone from an issue that only environmentalists cared about to an issue that almost everybody in the state of Hawaii cares about, because it's really affecting our quality of life.
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The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature. If some of our great decorated trees had been grown in a remote forest area with lights that came on every evening as it grew dark, the whole world would come to look at them and marvel at the mystery of their great beauty.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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In every government there must be somewhat fundamental, somewhat like a Magna Charta, that should be standing and unalterable... that parliaments should not make themselves perpetual is a fundamental.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
