Jack McDevitt Quotes
So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
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He plants trees to benefit another generation.
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I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that heavy weight.
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Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.
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'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful.
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I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead star or any of that, as long as I'm doing stuff that I'm proud of, really.
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It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.
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One of the Republicans' major products is dream making. People are dying to get into this country... not out of it.
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When I started writing seriously in high school, English was the language I had at my disposal - my Spanish was domestic, colloquial, and not particularly literary or sophisticated.
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& if I'm fake I aint notice cause my money aint
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.
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I had a run in with Whitney Houston, or as I call her, 'Cracky.' Allegedly.
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So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.
