Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it and pulled out all the forces with what is now known as a disastrous consequence in Syria.
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I'd pull my little brother on our motorcycle on an inner tube behind it. We would go fishing, we would hunt some, growing up.
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The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.
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I met my agent through a casting director here in Wilmington after I auditioned for a Disney movie.
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Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members. There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle.
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You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office.
