David H. Levy Quotes
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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I always say: 'Share your happiness with the world, give other people that happiness and let it come back,' but some things make me question it. I don't know if I want some people to know that I am happy. I think a lot of people want to take it away from you, and that's really scary.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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I figure this current era of history is the one with the best chance of quality of life for a black, female, disabled, middle-aged, queer person who's most comfortable not fitting in. The odds still aren't great, mind you. But I'll take my chances with the 21st century.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma.
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I'm a big fan of monsters. Number one, they're fun, and two, they're such great ways to access the subconscious fears and beliefs of any group of people.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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Kuhn was the intellectual of whom many scientists said he's 'telling it as is it is' insofar as talking about a process of 'tinkering' in terms of theory and experiment followed by radical changes. But often, what Kuhn had in mind were some very spectacular incidents in the history of the sciences that changed our way of looking at the world.
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You just want to be able to have a nice career and make a living at it.
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Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
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Never focus on what you can’t do - only imagine everything you could.
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As my family saw them, men were untrustworthy, weak, and selfish. Our mother taught us to get along without them, to get along without much of anything, and to live well and have fun anyway.
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I got a chance to work with Stallone and De Niro - pretty much sums it up for me. You can tell where you're going in your career by the company you keep.
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Don’t worry, there will always be something to worry about.
