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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I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.
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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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Right now I'm reading every fashion magazine I can find. As a shoe designer, I feel it's my responsibility to learn as much as I can about the business, past and present.
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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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I'm in a band. I have the basic idea, but when you surround yourself with really good players, why would I tell anyone what to play, because they're that good. They don't tell me what to play. They might encourage me, so that's what I do. I encourage them.
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.. overthrowing the Final Empire seems like a good start. Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?
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Ultimately, it was easier to change the subject than think the unthinkable.
