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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Because I'd only done theater, that's really what I thought most of my life would be. I always figured that movies would be a part of it at some point. I didn't know how or when.
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I'd been carrying my Ruger .41 Magnum so many days that I had almost forgotten it was there. This was the kind of world we now lived in.
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I wanted to be a professional motor racer. It was only due to lack of sponsors that I could not do it.
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In my experience, professionals who are best in any field approach their work with humility. They know that their work is more than just a job. It's an exploration of life. Even on days when they feel most confident, things can go wrong. Sometimes even the good things that happen are a mystery - a surprise. There are always elements outside our control. That's humbling - or should be.
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When I was really small, my mother had difficulty keeping me dressed, as I liked to be naked! I definitely had very strong ideas on what I wanted to wear. My favourite look was always Action Man and Spiderman. Now though, I really like beautiful clothes.
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Ultimately, it was easier to change the subject than think the unthinkable.
