Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
Not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing.
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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.
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During the Cold War, we were interested because we were scared that Russia and the United States were going to go to war. We were scared that Russia was going to take over the world. Every country became a battleground.
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
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Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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I was in prison with pretty much the who's who of the jihadist and Islamist scene of Egypt at the time, and Egypt was the cradle of Islamism for the world - it's where it began and where jihadism began as well.
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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This is unproven technology, and if you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't interact with tokens - from an investor and security perspective.
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Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.
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I have had issues with depression all my life, and it's probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even when I was very young, during my schooldays. There was often - and this is quite common with comics - a sense of not feeling as if I belonged anywhere.
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You have to trust your kids. They have to experience life, and you just hope you've provided them a foundation for what's right and what isn't.
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There's a real self-serving element to hip-hop that threatens its life span.
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If I didn't do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forget about me.
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We're a social species, and we want to get along with the people we like and who are like us. That's just good adaptive behaviour. We're more likely to accept something if we hear it from a friend, whereas we're sceptical of people who are not like us - which is what leads to racism, nationalism, sexism and all forms of bigotry.
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I think seeing is about truly looking, observing, and taking things in with an open mind. It's easy to see things at face value but some of the most beautiful things are not apparent at first glance. The works that stick with me and that I find to be most beautiful are often not aesthetically inviting right off the bat. So I think having an open mind and allowing the lines to blur between art, music, fashion, food, what have you, all leads to cultivating a much more open and enjoyable aesthetic sensibility.
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I work at Bed Bath and Beyond. I work in the Beyond section. When someone asks me where the Bath section is, I say 'It's beyond me.'
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Not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing.
