Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and it has unquantified risks.
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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When I get down to Louisiana, I get to have a taste of some of that great food.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children - because they are all our children.
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Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.
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I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.
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I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.
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No astrophysicist would deny the possibility of life. I think we're not creative enough to imagine what life would be like on another planet. Show me a dead alien. Better yet, show me a live one!
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What are you waiting for in order to give up?
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The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let the victors, when they come, When the forts of folly fall, Find thy body by the wall.
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Egnaro is a secret known to everyone but yourself. It is a country or a city to which you have never been; it is an unknown language. At the same time it is like being cuckolded, or plotted against. It is part of the universe of events which will never wholly reveal itself to you: a conspiracy the barest outline of which, once visible, will gall you forever.
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Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and it has unquantified risks.
