Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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How do you be a 45-year-old man in a rock band, do it well, keep your dignity and not become a parody of yourself? I don't think it will be simple.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.
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I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
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What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.
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Leaving Nickelodeon was definitely an adjustment. Because then, it was back to the real world of, 'Now I'm an adult looking for a job,' as opposed to a kid that's getting introduced to all these people like, 'Look how cute this little kid is. Don't you want to put him on your show?'
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I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?
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When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.
