Isaac Asimov Quotes
'Ponyets! They sent you?' 'Pure chance,' said Ponyets, bitterly, 'or the work of my own personal malevolent demon.'
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners.
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Your range of available choices - right now - is limitless.
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I can see how people work out to feel better.
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There's nothing romantic about my work... I don't believe in inspiration. I believe that you get to your desk, you stay there, you work, you think of nothing else. You write and you write, and in the end, you write something good.
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I work by instinct. You never hear anything new; when you hear advice that makes sense, it's something you already know.
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'Ponyets! They sent you?' 'Pure chance,' said Ponyets, bitterly, 'or the work of my own personal malevolent demon.'
