Ann Druyan Quotes

People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say that's completely opposite of the truth.

Ann Druyan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 13, 1949

Topics

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I have come to this conclusion: if 'sentimentality' is lazy emotion, then the term itself is lazy criticism.

Andrew Sean Greer

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Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.

Melody Beattie

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I think that fear comes about when there's things in the world that we want to change, things we're scared or angry about, and we can't change them, and so we become fearful; we develop anxiety.

Michael Franti

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I always relate respectfully with blue-collar people.

Jayson Williams

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This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words.

Joseph Butler

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The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely telling a story here. We are being called to a radical act of empathy. Here we are, embarking on an ancient, perennial attempt to give human lives - our lives - dignity.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends.

Devon Sawa

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From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

Drew Barrymore

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The best critics do not worry about what the author might think. That would be like a detective worrying about what a suspect might think. Instead, they treat the reader as an intelligent friend, and describe the book as honestly, and as entertainingly, as possible.

Craig Brown

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I keep training hard, keep working out, keep looking at my fights, and I wonder, 'If I was to fight me, how would I beat me?' It's like having a boat with a bunch of holes. I'm trying to patch up all the holes. If I was to fight myself, I'd take advantage of certain things. I've got to know my opponent is thinking the same thing.

Brian Ortega

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We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.

Brian Setzer

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It's 'Star Trek!' It's as close to an American mythology as we get. To be a part of that storytelling after being a fan since I was a teenage boy who saw the pilot episode of 'Next Generation' air, it's all very surreal.

Wilson Cruz

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