Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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Another occupation might have been better.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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With my victory, I must always remember that I glorify God.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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I sense that by writing both books and television, I've become better at each.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound.
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Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing.
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When you are 25 or even 30, you can just do things. When you get to 35, things are different. Time is more precious to me now. I've got my priorities.
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me for weeks, or a message I wanted to convey lyrically. So it would have to start from something I felt very strongly about.
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I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.
