Alan Stern Quotes
I can't imagine how many kids around the world will look at pictures of Pluto and think, 'I want to grow up to be a scientist.'
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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I decide my future. I decide what I want to do. Nobody else. If I decide this will be my last year, maybe it is. If I decide it will be my last contract, I decide that. Nobody else. So I will decide when the moment is there.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
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Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.
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And then all of a suddenOh, it seemed so strange to me,How we went from something's missingTo a family.Lookin' back all I can sayAbout all the things he did for meIs I hope I'm at least half the dadThat he didn't have to be.
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Col. Shaffer is prohibited by his lawyer from talking. He's at great risk. They want to take away his pay and his health care benefits so they can hold it over his head and not allow him to talk while he's under suspension. This is not America.
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The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.
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My mom is a nurse; my dad is a pediatrician. They were born in the 1940s, and they were both inspired to fight against injustice, whether it was the injustices of the Vietnam War or Watergate or children in poverty or oppression of African Americans in Philadelphia where I was growing up.
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I can't imagine how many kids around the world will look at pictures of Pluto and think, 'I want to grow up to be a scientist.'
