David Grinspoon Quotes

My high-school friends and I felt part of a community of smart, forward-looking space and technology freaks.

David Grinspoon

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I have a number of friends that try to live off their writing, and there's way more pressure for a hit or to write a certain type of book. You can't do a limited-edition short-story book with drawings unless you don't want to eat anything but ramen.

Joe Meno

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I've been a fan of Bunji's freestyling since the first time I saw him perform, back in the early 2000s.

Jillionaire

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Science is international: the best scientists can come from anywhere; they can come from next door, or they can come from a small village in a country anywhere in the world - we need to make it easier.

John O'Keefe

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You pick a project. You think, 'I can succeed at this. I can help them. I can make it so that they'll want to call me again the next time.'

John Lee Hancock

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Little things about the Pilgrims surprised me. For instance, the fact that the first duel in America was fought at Plymouth by two teenaged boys over a girl. The life the Pilgrims led in Holland before coming to America also surprised me.

Ann Rinaldi

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I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience. I worked hard as a teacher. But those are completely different career paths. And the lack of direction is why I didn't get far enough in any of those things.

Angela Duckworth

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I am proud of the fact that people consider me a style icon.

Amruta Khanvilkar

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Be sure you positively identify your target before you pull the trigger.

Tom Flynn

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Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.

Robert Englund

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It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn. And while the world cries out for greater analysis and insight, we are distracted by bread and circuses, aka the 'Great British Bake-Off' and 'Tumble.' We should rediscover our tradition of satire. Of speaking truth unto power.

Rory Bremner

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Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record.

Ronnie Montrose

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Long before social media made things like bib replication easier, banditing at major races was viewed as a brave act. Rebellious runners like John Tarrant gatecrashed races as a political statement, in protest of rules about amateurism that limited how much money athletes could earn in appearance fees and endorsements.

Mary Pilon

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