Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
I don't know anybody who said, 'I love that teacher, he or she gave a really good homework set,' or 'Boy, that was the best class I ever took because those exams were awesome.' That's not what people want to talk about. It's not what influences people in one profession or another.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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We'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power.
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Any honor is an honor. You can't really say which one is better than the next, but it's always wonderful when you're honored by your peers for your work.
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To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.
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Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink.
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I can be very self-destructive, but quietly.
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I don't know anybody who said, 'I love that teacher, he or she gave a really good homework set,' or 'Boy, that was the best class I ever took because those exams were awesome.' That's not what people want to talk about. It's not what influences people in one profession or another.
