Carolyn Porco (Carolyn C. Porco) Quotes
For planetary explorers like us, there is little that can compare to the sighting of activity on another solar system body. This has been a heart-stopper, and surely one of our most thrilling results.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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I learned that despite having years and years of experience in math and computer science and so on, I didn't really know how to code until I formed a company.
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'LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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That’s because you can’t hold something in your mind but a little while, said Jem. It’s different with grown folks, we-
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The human race has only two unlimited capacities: one for suffering and one for lying. I want to fight religion as the root of all human lying and the only excuse for human suffering.
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The more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterwards.
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Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.
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It's better to train for 4-5 hours a week than to do ten hours one week then nothing for two weeks. It helps your body adapt and also maintains your fitness.
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Christianity is part of the Common Law of England.
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A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.
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I really feel that a concert is a place where you can bring up topics, and you can actually discuss them and feel them and have a great time.
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Nobody calls me silly. That is not a word that applies to me.
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Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does.
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I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.
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If I know I'm at genetically high risk of Alzheimer's, maybe I don't plan to retire at 80, and maybe I'm more proactive about where I'm going to live and who's going to take care of me.
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The prince and the peasant will not be equalized by cutting off the prince's head.
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I am actually the most unglamorous person on the planet. I am the most unfinished, unpolished person ever.
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I saw 'Alien' when I was 8 years old. To me, it was like a combination of Jaws and Star Wars, and that's the movie that made me want to be a director.
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In real life, I wish I could do a Scourgify. That would just be incredible helpful, when I know the rest of the family is gong to be back in 30 seconds and I haven't tidied up. That would be really helpful.
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For planetary explorers like us, there is little that can compare to the sighting of activity on another solar system body. This has been a heart-stopper, and surely one of our most thrilling results.
