Alan Stern Quotes
We were very surprised to find out that Pluto is still geologically alive. It has upended our ideas of how planetary geophysics works.
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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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We can code wills, escrows, trusts, notaries, revokable charge backs, proof of contracts, intellectual property enforcement. What Wall Street does can be done in code by Bitcoin.
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What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
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I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.
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That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
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I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.
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Finding your style is like putting puzzle pieces together.
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If ballots won't work, bullets will.
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We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good.
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After karting in Venezuela, I came to Europe in 1998 to compete in international kart races, which was great for me to get experience racing outside my country. After consistently being at the top, I decided to move to Italian Formula Renault.
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But ordinary language is all right.
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Of several luminous bodies of equal size and brilliancy and at an equal distance, that will look the largest which is surrounded by the darkest background.
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Scire mori sors prima viris, sed proxima cogi.
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With life and grandkids and the whole thing, every day is busy, but I'm so thankful to God that I'm still here.
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When I was playing a psychopath in 'Happy Valley,' it was really weird.
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Like steampunk, silkpunk is a blend of science fiction and fantasy. But while steampunk takes its inspiration from the chrome-brass-glass technology aesthetic of the Victorian era, silkpunk draws inspiration from East Asian antiquity.
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I studied drama in high school, and when I was 18, I studied at the Actors Studio in New York. Then I moved to London when I got engaged to Bryan Ferry, and I studied at the National Theatre there.
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We have a crisis in nuclear weapons, and again, thanks very much to the Democrats: Bill Clinton, who removed us from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty framework for nuclear disarmament, and then Barack Obama, who created a trillion-dollar budget for us to spend on a new generation of nuclear weapons and modes of delivery.
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Do get over the idea that size has any value or merit. It is the enemy of most of the best things in the world - it is the enemy of the good life.
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It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.
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When you wrap up your self-worth with your talent, and suddenly you might not be the most talented, that's really scary. And I think that fear is in part why I turned to comedy because I had no expectations of being a comedian. It was exciting to get good at something where I wasn't afraid of not being the best.
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We were very surprised to find out that Pluto is still geologically alive. It has upended our ideas of how planetary geophysics works.
