Ann Druyan Quotes
People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say thats completely opposite of the truth.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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When I first started, I thought I was wack. Lyrically, I thought I was wack. The thing I had over everybody was that I was the realest rapper.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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I wasn't overwhelmed by dogma, and that sort of freed me up to look at things differently.
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Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
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A central lesson of science is that to understand complex issues (or even simple ones), we must try to free our minds of dogma and to guarantee the freedom to publish, to contradict, and to experiment. Arguments from authority are unacceptable.
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Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.
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People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say thats completely opposite of the truth.
