Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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ChildrenCuriousWorldCuriosity

'The Count' wasn't a real stretch. I was doing pretty generic Bela Lugosi bad vampire on purpose. It was supposed to be lame. I didn't put fangs on; it was a guy who was just going through the motions. I drew on the widow's peak with eyebrow pencil and wore a turtleneck, not a tux.

Joe Flaherty

PurposeDoingBadRealPencilCount

Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most.

Joe Moore

FriendBestMoneyYouNeedDecide

I think talking is as casual as blogging, and sometimes writing can be as casual as talking. My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.

Jessica Valenti

StyleWritingThinkPoliticalChoice

We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers.

Jerry Moran

AgricultureFarmersNeedSureMake

Congress passed the deeply flawed Patriot Act and authorized the invasion of Iraq. It even gave its retroactive approval to warrantless wiretapping.

Andrew Rosenthal

CongressPatriotActApprovalEven

Every bit of knowledge we have demonstrates that there is a complete correlation between playing sports and success and potential for success. Playing sports is good for you physically, mentally, spiritually, psychologically.

John Skipper

SuccessGoodKnowledgeSportsYou

My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.

Sissy Spacek

LifeFallNapTakeAfternoonThrill

I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano.

Tori Amos

FirstTwoUpPianoHalfSat

Questions don't easily die within me until they're answered, and so being able to write a song and put words to complex feelings is part of my process of understanding and letting go of things.

Lucy Dacus

WordsMeSongProcessDieQuestions

I used to work over a bar. That was - there was no stage. I stood over a tiny bar. Louis Prima, rest his soul, he worked there. I was the guy that filled in when he was off the stage.

Don Rickles

WorkSoulRestOverBarStage

With Citizens United, the Supreme Court's declaration that corporations are people, the whims of one can silence the voices of millions.

Christine Pelosi

SilencePeopleUnitedVoicesCourt

When I used to wrestle professionally, I preferred being the bad guy known as 'The Heel;' you would get to 'work the crowd,' getting them to hate you and want to see you lose, while the good guy 'Babyface' would walk in, smile and shake hands with a few kids, and his acting job was done.

Conan Stevens

WorkSmileGoodHateWalkJob

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