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David Grinspoon Quotes

I'm a strong advocate of new missions to Venus.

David Grinspoon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1959

Topics

Strong New Advocate Venus Missions

Maybe they'll start making serialized movies. I watched the first couple seasons of '24' and it's really fun. I bought the DVD and watched it over a month or so and it's great. It's like reading a novel. It has a lot of possibilities that are more difficult to accomplish with a film.

Great Fun Start Reading Seasons

Pretending is the basis of civilised society, and it is sometimes necessary for all of us. Without it we are nothing more than a pack of snarling dogs.

Society Sometimes Nothing More Dogs

What you find when you live in the United States, you live in the West, is that when somebody fails, it's never their fault. They always like to blame somebody other than themselves for a failure.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Failure Live Blame You Find Never

Great music is great music. It doesn't matter what genre it belongs.

Music Great Matter Genre Belongs

When you're writing for a sequel and there's a movie that's been deemed sacred ground by the fanbase that's the predecessor, you cannot do anything to tread on that, so it's a bit trickier than just being able to sit down and write something.

Writing You Down Write Anything Sit

I keep wondering how to explain the experience of child abuse from the inside. I'm going to try to explain what my world was like when I was sexually abused. The thing you have to remember is that this was the thinking of a child.

Experience Child World Thinking You

Ultimately, we can't just keep doubling our national debt every eight years. We have got to get that under control and not spend more than we bring in.

Control Debt More Years Bring Get

Diamonds - that'll shut her up... for a minute!

Diamonds Up Her Minute Shut

My mantra: Brainless exercise is a lost opportunity for improvement.

Michael Merzenich

Opportunity Improvement Exercise Lost

The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

Michael Kinsley

Amendment Equal Protection Liberals

If it takes you 20 or 25 years to establish yourself in one field, you really ought to be careful not to stray too far.

Joshua Lederberg

Yourself You Be Careful Years Far

I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.

Denis McDonough

Me Teachers Minnesota Professors Who

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