Alan Alda Quotes
I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective.Alan Alda
Quotes to Explore
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I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of one.
Randall Munroe -
I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
Kate Christensen -
The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
Washed Out -
A science is something which is constructed from truth on workable axioms. There are 55 axioms in scientology which are very demonstrably true, and on these can be constructed a great deal.
L. Ron Hubbard -
Dave Chappelle is one of my comedic inspirations. His perspective is crazy, and he's super sharp.
Hannibal Buress -
Since Mashable's inception, some of our most popular articles have focused on the science behind the world's coolest innovations.
Adam Ostrow
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I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.
Imogen Cunningham -
Even though my dad was a manager in the minor leagues, I still traveled around with him and saw it from the field out. Now, as an owner, you're kind of looking from the whole baseball activity from outside in, from a fan's perspective.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
I like to look for patterns in science and life. It's what I do.
Patrick Soon-Shiong -
I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.
Gary Ackerman -
I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
Gary Johnson -
I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of a nerdy family activity.
Olivia Wilde
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We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.
Hamdi Ulukaya -
I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.
Ville Valo HIM -
When I read about genetics, I see breakthroughs every day. And while I'm trying to learn more about behavioral science, I must say that I don't feel I get tremendous intellectual stimulation from most of the things I read.
Harold E. Varmus -
The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.
Fidel Castro -
I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
Ines de La Fressange -
Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.
Iain Banks
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We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.
Jared Diamond -
If two scientists are giving their papers at a symposium, and one of them is just naturally better at talking to the public or talking to a group of people, that scientist is liable to get more attention - in fact, I'm told that they do get more attention - than the one who's a little more stiff about it. Well, that's not good for science.
Alan Alda -
Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker.
Marek Belka -
I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.
Idris Elba -
Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.
Barack Obama -
I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective.
Alan Alda