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Quote by Dave Barry

“I am a superior form of human and I have absolutely no quirks or irrational impulses of any kind.”

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Dave Barry is a renowned American humorist, born on July 3, 1947. His works are known for their unique humor style and satirical observations of everyday life. more

“I recognize that there's an appetite that I'm now serving, and I'm happy to do so. I think it means quite a bit that science has achieved this level of public interest and access. And so I'm simultaneously astonished every day upon recognizing this, and I think it's a good sign for the country and possibly for the world.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“My goal is not to shove information into your head. It's to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had as children for the natural world. You don't have to tell a child to explore the backyard.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“It'd be a shame to talk about the universe and not show some images of it, because we have some of the more stunning representations of our field relative to any of the sciences. But I don't use the imagery as a substitute for the insights and wisdom I can convey so that when you leave you say to yourself, "Wow, I'm a little more deeply connected to the universe, and I want to learn more."”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“With ticket prices, do you ask yourself, why I'm paying $70 to see the arts? You say, "No, that's what the symphony is costing me."”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I'm not hard to find. I'm all over the Internet.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“People put clips of me up. There are quotes from me. I've written books, of course. I'm on Twitter. There are dozens of ways to consume my offerings, and a lecture in a large venue is really only just one of them. So I have no concerns about how much access people would have to me no matter what is the capacity of your pocketbook.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The cosmic calendar is quite a fertile mode for communicating how small we are over time and space.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“I'm an educator, and I'm a scientist, and I speak what is objectively true. And if that offends you, I can try to have a conversation with you to ask why it offends you, and tell you why objective truth should not offend you because that's how the world works.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“My popularity does not derive from me pandering to people. People came to me. I don't tell anyone to follow me on Twitter. I don't tell people to like my Facebook page. I don't tell people to fill the venue. I'm offered to people, and then people come.”

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Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

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