Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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I've seen my parents dragged through the mud. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without them.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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I didn't really like reading much before I did 'The Golden Compass'. But then my teacher told me to read it. And I thought, 'Oh God, I'm going to have to read a whole book by myself!' It's not that I couldn't read, it's just that I didn't really like books very much. But the book that she lent me I really enjoyed.
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
If you're offended, it's your problem.
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It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.
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Before I was a prosecutor, I was a defense attorney. I took a cut in pay because I wanted to stand up for the victims.
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I'm a normal guy. I'm not a chef.
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The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.
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You don't take a dead cat to the vet. I mean you might, but why?
