David Grinspoon Quotes

Among the radio astronomers of SETI - the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - it's only sort-of a joke that the true hallmark of intelligent life is the creation of radio astronomy.

David Grinspoon

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LifeIntelligenceSearchTrueRadio

What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

Andrew Young

WarSlaverySocietyAmericaWorth

There's something really simple and idyllic about living in a house very close to the water.

Andrea Riseborough

WaterSimpleHouseLivingSomething

You have to be good. And keep getting better. For every writer taken on, another is dropped. A paradox: you have to rise to stay level.

Matt Haig

GoodBetterGetting BetterYouRise

Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

Michael Easton

GoodDreamsChildrenBelieveYouGo

I'm looking to find good stories, not big commercial pieces of work.

Amber Heard

WorkGoodLookingFindPiecesBig

Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small to support a family. A tiny group of Guatemalans owns a third of the country's arable land; more than 300,000 landless peasants must scrounge a living as best they can.

Stephen Kinzer

FamilyBestSupportSmallOwnership

But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

Stephen King

ChangeTalentThinkYouChooseMore

Donald Trump has not always been pro-life, and I hope that his conversion is complete.

Trent Franks

HopeDonald TrumpAlwaysComplete

I was playing in bands and doing gigs from the age of 14 on. I stopped at the age of 28. Technology replaced me. As soon as I saw what computers can do, I didn't think there would be a point for a live drummer.

Mitchell Joachim

LiveTechnologyAgeMeThinkDoing

I'm thinking of sending out censorship packets: information to share with those who want to defend my books when they come under fire. I'll tell why I wrote them and include reviews and letters of support from children and their parents.

Judy Blume

ChildrenFireSupportParentsWant

There shouldn't be any violence in hip-hop. You're getting free clothes. Basically, it's free money.

DMX

MoneyFreeViolenceClothesYouAny

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

Douglas Adams

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