Charles Stross Quotes
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I think the Hispanic community, the values that resonate in our community, are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family, patriotism.
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I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world.
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In the Bronx, you have the southern Italians; in Queens, the Greeks, Koreans and Chinese; in Brooklyn, the Jewish community; and in Harlem, the Hispanics - all with their own markets.
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I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.
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The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.
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A family may be ruined by extravagance, but it is not always through ruin that the representatives in a family are to be found in humble or comparatively humble circumstances, but that the junior members of a gentle family went into trade.
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Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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Having traveled to parts of the world where war has done its usual nasty work on people's lives, I have come to develop a particular hatred for the shape, the look, the sound of the AK-47.
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Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.
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Building advanced AI is like launching a rocket. The first challenge is to maximize acceleration, but once it starts picking up speed, you also need to focus on steering.
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I'm just worried that there's enough beer on the bus. That's the top priority at all times.
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I hate the past - especially my own past.
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I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.
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Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?
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With acting, when you're reading a script, you're regurgitating someone else's words. There's a whole part of your brain that's off duty.
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I've made my peace with myself.
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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
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Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.
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I guess I do prefer a ball cap. I have performed without a cap, mostly at funerals and weddings.
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Ultimately, it was easier to change the subject than think the unthinkable.
