Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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Whatever life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world.
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There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.
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There has got to be more to life than being a really, really, ridiculously good actor.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I can live without bread, but I can't live without freedom.
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What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.
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Half the battle is confidence. There are people who have great figures but have terrible confidence so you are not drawn to them because they seem down all the time.
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We are reminded how short life really is, and how we are just passing through. So, all the people you haven't told you love lately, tell them, and live your days like you mean it.
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The one who thinks over his experiences most, and weaves them into systematic relations with each other, will be the one with the best memory.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it.
