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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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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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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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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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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I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.
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I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
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We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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Mom worked as a school librarian, and she felt summers were for education.
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The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I'll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play.
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A decent world is built upon small acts of kindness.
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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.
