Alan Stern Quotes
Discovering that our solar system has many more planets than we ever expected, and that most of them are ice dwarfs rather than like Earth and the other rocky terrestrials, is just another step in the revolution in viewpoint that removed the Earth from the center of the physical universe and makes Earth all the more special.
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Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
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My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music, there is this central theme that always comes around about the love of God, the love of Jesus and the power that you have through Jesus Christ. You don't need a gimmick when you have that.
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Being in the public eye, you can't really avoid a lot of questions. A lot of questions are being thrown at you, whether it's about your personal life or your personal beliefs, and I'm happy to answer them all.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I can't do anything in moderation.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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When I first read the script for 'A Little Chaos,' I just loved reading it, as it is a really lovely, accessible, contemporary period film.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
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I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.
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Quarterbacks need to make their team better. If it's a bad team, they can even make a bad team better.
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When I was on stage, I was like, 'This is alright. This is good.'
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We're not handling things anymore before they arrive on our doorstep. I like to feel how thin porcelain can be, run my hand over a textile, see if I want to sit in a chair.
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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
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Racism cannot be separated from capitalism.
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After about a year or so, I was in L.A.; I'd decided to try to get a band together out there
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Crushed to earth and rising again is an author's gymnastic. Once he fails to struggle to his feet and grab his pen, he will contemplate a fact he should never permit himself to face: that in all probability books have been written, are being written, will be written, better than anything he has done, is doing, or will do.
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That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious, innate harmony.
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Discovering that our solar system has many more planets than we ever expected, and that most of them are ice dwarfs rather than like Earth and the other rocky terrestrials, is just another step in the revolution in viewpoint that removed the Earth from the center of the physical universe and makes Earth all the more special.
