Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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Guinea pigs are quite difficult to draw, I think, because they're so furry.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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The entire value of a person is subjective to your relationship with them.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Elves have this superhuman strength, yet they're so graceful. Tolkien created them to be angelic spirits, but I also saw Legolas as something out of the Seven Samurai.
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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.
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You don't really know a song until you play it live.
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But everything you do in life has a downside.
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For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.
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I think part of what I love about being an actor is getting to take on different worlds and investigate different genres and travel to different lands.
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I see myself as a mascot for the kids who get beat down and don't feel like they belong.
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For most of human civilization, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a generation might pass before a discovery would influence your life, culture or the conduct of nations.
