Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
We have bred multiple generations of people who have not experienced knowing where you are the moment a news story broke, with that news story being great and grand and something that elevates society instead of diminishes it.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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It's not that I'm opposed to doing a big-budget action movie. But it has to be the right project.
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My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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I don't want to be known for someone that's good-looking. I want to be known as someone who is one of the best midfielders. That's my thing.
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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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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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If people make a lot of introductions, should they get recognized for it? I've never seen a score showing who's a good connector. That'd be useful, right?
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TV producers want ratings and are willing to do nearly anything to get them. They gin up artificial conflicts and create an urgency for even the most minor of economic data points.
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On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.
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I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.
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I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they attempt to pluck meaning from the fog, and on short order, when the emotions are still ragged and raw and susceptible to leaps.
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People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.
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I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.
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There's no time for boys in my life right now.
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When Dick Avedon died, I was so upset that I just started painting.
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We have bred multiple generations of people who have not experienced knowing where you are the moment a news story broke, with that news story being great and grand and something that elevates society instead of diminishes it.
