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It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Children Citizens Educated Importance Important Our Raised Science Technology Understand Well-Rounded

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Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Alternative Class Evolution Inappropriate Science Teaching

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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.

~Bill Nye

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I change my socks often, because I had bad bouts of athlete's foot fungus infections as a kid. I may be able to change socks less frequently and not get the fungus. But, I'd rather not run the test to determine just how infrequently I could change socks. I don't feel superstitious about it.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Able About Athlete Bad Because Change Could Determine Feel Foot Frequently Fungus Get Had How Just Kid Less May Often Rather Run Socks Superstitious Test

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Tax dollars intended for science education must not be used to teach creationism as any sort of real explanation of nature, because any observation or process of inference about our origin and the nature of the universe disproves creationism in every respect.

~Bill Nye

Topics: About Any Because Dollars Education Every Explanation Inference Intended Must Nature Observation Origin Our Process Real Respect Science Sort Tax Teach Universe Used

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I worked at comedy clubs - if I can use the term 'work' - for several years. I middled at one point. I never made it; I was never a headliner. I never made enough time to write enough good material, in my opinion.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Clubs Comedy Enough Enough Time Good Good Material In My Opinion Made Material Never Opinion Point Several Term Time Use Work Worked Write Years I Can

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If you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. You're not paying attention to what's happening in the universe around you.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Around Attention Denying Earth Everything Happening Idea Old Only Paying See Touch Universe Will Years You

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Everybody who's a physician, who makes vaccines, who wants to find the cure for cancer. Everybody who wants to do any medical good for humankind got the passion for that before he or she was 10.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Any Before Cancer Cure Everybody Find Good Got He He Or She Humankind Makes Medical Passion Physician She Vaccines Wants Who

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I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing. Soon after, I got the idea of a science show geared toward kids, around ages 8 through 12.

~Bill Nye

Topics: After Ages Always Around Few Films Geared Got Idea Kids Liked Make Science Show Soon Through Toward Training

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Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television's the same way. If you're going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.

~Bill Nye

Topics: Bad Books Bookstore Five Go Going Good How Inherently Many People Pictures Same Show Show People Stuff Television Things Those Thousands Want Way Words You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: November 27th, 1955

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