Andy Weir Quotes
Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronaut can do on Mars that a well-designed rover can't.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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I want people to recognize me for the work I do now as a model, and not something I did three years ago.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know?
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Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I just want to be the best Carly Rae I can be.
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My life is exactly the way it needs to be.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for 'National Geographic,' and they gave us a lot of film.
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Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.
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I thought my Beatles LPs sounded pretty good on a record player, but that was before I had heard a CD.
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For me, I've never drawn a distinction between live-action acting and performance-capture acting. It is purely a technology.
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Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we wanted. But now, with our computer and robotics technology, there's very little an astronaut can do on Mars that a well-designed rover can't.
