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BENNIE SETH They're expecting and predicting a very dry early summer, so we need to begin thinking about how we'... BENNIE SETH We have been completely overwhelmed by the generosity of the citizens of Jacksonville. BENNIE SETH A lot of the food we sent over with the firefighters they shared with desperate citizens of Mississi... BENNIE SETH All of our folks have returned, except of maybe about 10. So, we're ready and staffed up. BENNIE SETH It will be the mother of all telescopes, and you can bet it will do for astronomy what genome sequen... SETH SHOSTAK The fact that we can't easily foresee clues that would betray an intelligence a million millenni... SETH SHOSTAK Plate tectonics is not all havoc and destruction. The slow movement of continents and ocean floors r... SETH SHOSTAK I don't avoid carbs. I don't avoid protein. I think it's just, again, about balance and ... SETH ROLLINS It's always a tough call deciding whether, as a scientist, you should argue publicly with the cr... SETH SHOSTAK 'Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this... SETH GABEL Being a leader gives you charisma. If you look and study the leaders who have succeeded, that's ... SETH GODIN I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature. VIKRAM SETH I got interested in astronomy at the age of 8 because I was looking at an atlas of the planets in my... SETH SHOSTAK Note to academics: Aristarchus' track record of astronomical research would probably have guaran... SETH SHOSTAK The Moon is a ball of left-over debris from a cosmic collision that took place more than four billio... SETH SHOSTAK The stars look the same from night to night. Nebulae and galaxies are dully immutable, maintaining t... SETH SHOSTAK Ever since the infamous quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the feds had insisted that TV game shows be... SETH SHOSTAK The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing. SETH ROGEN After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor. SETH ROGEN Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person. SETH GODIN When enough people care about autism or diabetes or global warming, it helps everyone, even if only ... SETH GODIN Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and au... VIKRAM SETH I had been acting since I was seven years old, but I had a combination of things happen at about the... SETH GREEN I've noticed that girls between like 20 and 30 seem to know 'Can't Hardly Wait.' I g... SETH GREEN In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and co... VIKRAM SETH Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or dr... SETH SHOSTAK I've often fantasized about visiting the Bahamian beach where Columbus first stumbled ashore in ... SETH SHOSTAK The split between religion and science is relatively new. Isaac Newton, who first worked out the law... SETH SHOSTAK The usual metric for whether a planet is habitable or not is to ascertain whether liquid water could... SETH SHOSTAK We can never prove that we're alone in the universe. But the Allen Telescope Array could prove t... SETH SHOSTAK Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifte... SETH SHOSTAK My biological dad was Armenian. My last name is Lopez, and I have a darker complexion, which throws ... SETH ROLLINS