Charles Stross Quotes
Ninety-five percent of all human-readable traffic over the net is spam, a figure virtually unchanged since the late noughties.
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During the nineteenth century, men died believing in the cause of royalty or republicanism. In reality, much of their sacrifice was rendered on the altar of the new nationalism.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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I always paid attention to Lil Wayne - close attention. He's my idol. He's still my idol.
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People are going to label you anyway, but the one that bugs me the most is when they say, 'One of the funniest female comedians.' There's s no 'funniest male comedians.' You're either a funny comedian, or you're not!
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I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
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For revolutionary Cubans, to cooperate with other poor and exploited peoples has always been a political principle and a duty towards humanity.
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You can watch Chanel fashion shows and watch the news. Fortunately you don't have to choose. I always vote, I go to rallies, but I also go to fashion shows.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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Guided by nothing but pop culture values, many children no longer learn how to think about morality and virtue, or to think of them at all. They grow up with no shared moral framework, believing that the highest values are diversity, tolerance and non-judgmentalism.
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Nothing is guaranteed to last, so you should just enjoy it as it happens.
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When we as a society lose the ability to comment on what we see and to have an opinion on what we are exposed to, then we have all lost what makes us unique on this planet.
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We are proud of the history of our country; we learned it in school and have grown up hearing of freedom, justice and human rights.
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The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.
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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.
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My friends, this is a wholly unprepared speech. I did not expect to be called upon to say a word when I came here. I supposed I was merely to do something towards raising a flag. I may, therefore, have said something indiscreet, but I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, in the pleasure of Almighty God, die by.
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Die wahre Tugend ist Genialität.
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The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.
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Well, that's rubbish, you know. Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who controls me is me, and that's just barely possible.
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The idea of getting old is horrific, but I don't want to make it worse by becoming a grotesque caricature. A lot of people have made that mistake of trying so hard to hang on to their looks that they make themselves look really scary.
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When everything is said and done there is nothing left to do or say.
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All results of the profoundest mathematical investigation must ultimately be expressible in the simple form of properties of the integers.
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You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if I held on, there was no telling what it was possible to recieve in return.
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Ninety-five percent of all human-readable traffic over the net is spam, a figure virtually unchanged since the late noughties.
