Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.
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I'm a bit of a traditionalist, but I kind of mangle things as I perform in a contemporary way.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.
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I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.
