Alan Stern Quotes
As a researcher, I look forward to being able to do space science in a space environment.
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Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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After my primary school education, I started gathering little children by visiting parents to ask if they wanted somebody to care for their kids by teaching them the Bible. I have never attended any seminary school or Bible college in my life.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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More than 70 percent of seniors are asking for more time. It is long overdue for Congress to listen and make sure that seniors have a prescription drug plan that works for them.
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And for the first time in a long time, I'm playing along somebody that has that same energy and fire and plays pretty much the same way I do. So, that was just nice to say.
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To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regular guy with a big quirk or a big emotional problem. Just something that's a straightforward, classic indie film. It sounds weird, but it's been easier for me to get cast in big tentpole films than the indie community. I'd love to do that.
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I read in the paper that I'd slashed my wrists. But I didn't.
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My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.
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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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The first time Adrian saw me was on tape. But you should know that this never works - never in the history of movies has someone been cast from a video.
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If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans have something of a lock on the House until a redistricting occurs after 2010, particularly as a result of what DeLay did in Texas.
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History, in spite of the occasional protest of historians, will always be used in a general way as a collection of political and moral precedents.
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Everybody has ideas. The vital question is, what do you do with them? My rock musician sons shape their ideas into music. My sister takes her ideas and fashions them into poems. My brother uses his ideas to help him understand science. I take my ideas and turn them into stories.
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We must ensure our system of higher education offers world-class quality for a world-class economy.
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Unlike a typical professional, I can't quit my job to become a full-time author; I don't have that luxury. For me, writing is therapy; if I choose to write full-time, it might start feeling like work.
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As a researcher, I look forward to being able to do space science in a space environment.
