Alan Stern Quotes
The basic story for Golden Spike is that we discovered a way to create do-it-yourself Apollo programs for other countries.
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I always come to conclusions very fast. Well, that is one way of thinking, and the other way would be that I lack the necessary perseverance to stick to one thing that really fits me. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing.
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Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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I'm such a boots-jeans-tops-blazer girl.
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Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is based on merely personal views and values.
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Conflict drives fiction; no one wants to read a four-hundred-page novel in which everything rolls along smoothly.
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When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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A hard man is good to find.
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I approach 'Fast & Furious 6' the same way I would approach a Sidney Lumet film. Getting into character's getting into character.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Growing up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from our farm added a lot to the way I taste and look at food today, and I wanted the same for my kids and other kids.
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A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer along to recite the 'Iliad' while playing a lyre.
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It's funny, oftentimes the really great roles that I enjoy are in classic plays, and there aren't many theatres in New York who will do them, aside from Roundabout.
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My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
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Distinctive signs, full signs, never seduce us. (p. 59)
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The creative person should have no other biography than his works.
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Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company.
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I never thought I was writing for kids at all. It really shocked and unsettled me to hear kids were buying the books. If I'd known I was writing for kids, I might actually have spelt things out a bit more, and that would probably have killed the appeal.
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The basic story for Golden Spike is that we discovered a way to create do-it-yourself Apollo programs for other countries.
