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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The world is always in movement.
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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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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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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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Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.
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As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance next January when I do not have a recipe for making it happen?
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Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
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I mean, we must act with intelligence. We must work on this framework, so that immigration becomes an asset to both nations. Believe me, what - just the Mayor Bloomberg said here in New York, that this city would be stopped, totally stopped if it were not by the immigrants working here.
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If you want to get the most out of your men, give them a break! Don't make them work completely in the dark. If you do, they won't do a bit more than they have to. But if they comprehend, they'll work like mad.
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'Ponyets! They sent you?' 'Pure chance,' said Ponyets, bitterly, 'or the work of my own personal malevolent demon.'
