Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.'
Quotes to Explore
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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I started looking at fashion magazines, specifically 'British Vogue.' I was reading a lot about Cecil Beaton. Then I thought maybe I should start collecting.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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I don't think anyone wants to look in the mirror and say, 'I'm anti-woman.' They don't see themselves that way, and you can't treat them that way. But you have to tell the truth.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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I'm a hoot and a half, I like to think.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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Well, the biggest rival I had in my career was me.
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My grown man crush is Morris Chestnut. He's just timeless!
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I don't know how people box for a living. I don't know how they can just hurt people for a living and be OK with it.
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...the company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?
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My siblings were pretty far apart in age, so I sort of grew up as an only child.
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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
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I want to help find opportunities for people to become active participants in their communities.
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The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.'
