Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes
Let's find a new way to think about the entire taxonomy of solar system objects, and not clutch to this concept of 'planet,' which, of course, only ever meant, 'Do you move against the background stars, regardless of what you're made of?'
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I studied neuroscience at the cellular level, so I was looking at learning and memory in the visual cortex of rats. Neuroscience mainly exposed me to a way of thinking - about experimentation, about what you believe to be true and how you could prove it - and how to approach things in a methodical manner.
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It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.
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I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.
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Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.
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We always push the boundaries on the styles we put on a record.
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I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.
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Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.
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We woke up one day, and Pakistan had nuclear weapons.
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It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no State, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness.
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Nana (to Mariam): When I'm gone, you'll have nothing in this world. You are nothing!
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I was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.
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It may sound lame, but I've been journaling since I was in third grade. I love it! It makes me feel calm and happy.
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One of my favorite places is Seattle. Growing up, I never thought I'd be able to go to Seattle. I grew up in eastern South Carolina, so that's as far as you can get from Seattle, unless I lived in Miami.
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I think that the biggest beauty essential is as simple as a good, full night's sleep.
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I'm representing for the plus-size community and the plus-size industry. It feels amazing to be able to be the voice that we need.
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I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me.
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I always love pulling out my cut-offs. They're just my go-to. They're the most comfortable.
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Most of us have to spend a lot of energy to learn how to drive a car. Then we have to spend the rest of our lives over-concentrating as we drive and text and eat a burrito and put on makeup. As a result, 30,000 people die every year in a car accident in the U.S.
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I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.
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They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be.
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What I do is not go outside. My hobby is that I write, so if I'm not acting or being a mom, I'm writing.
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I'm concerned when certain movements or countries have been isolated from the international dialogue because then you have no way of influencing them.
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Let's find a new way to think about the entire taxonomy of solar system objects, and not clutch to this concept of 'planet,' which, of course, only ever meant, 'Do you move against the background stars, regardless of what you're made of?'
