Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years. Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center.
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I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.
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I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.
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I'd always fantasized about writing a new play. Even when I had all this success in television, what I was daydreaming about in my dressing room is that one day I would do it.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!'
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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Life is short, and it is here to be lived.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'
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I would like to help people have honest and constructive conversations about energy. We need to understand how much energy our modern lifestyles use, decide how much energy we would like to use in the future, and choose where we will get that energy from.
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You don't really want to be always thinking about the future, always thinking about where you're heading for. You've got to think about how you're getting there.
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How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.
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If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia has its eye on Mars. Landing people on the moon will be terribly consuming of resources we don't have. It sounds great - 'Let's go back. This time we're going to stay.' I don't know why you would want to stay on the moon.
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If one's cause is supported by sound reasoning, there is no point in using violence. It is those who have no motive other than selfish desire and who cannot achieve their goal through logical reasoning who rely on force.
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Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.
