Charles Stross Quotes
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
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It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.
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To lead people walk behind them.
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The smaller the function, the greater the management.
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In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts.
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I should probably confess that ice cream is my favorite food, and I eat it every night. When I go grocery shopping, I try to buy a new flavor, rather than reverting back to a favorite flavor. I'm on a mission to taste every flavor of ice cream out there!
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I hate political correctness.
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The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.
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I'm a natural blonde. I was a towhead as a kid, and then it got ashier when I was 18.
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We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism.
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Man has traditionally ruled the social sphere; feminism tells him to move over and share his power. But woman rules the sexual and emotional sphere, and there she has no rival. Victim ideology, a caricature of social history, blocks women from recognition of their dominance in the deepest, most important realm.
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The rules of sexism do not free men from the terror of violence; they only keep men from complaining about it.
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It is obvious that no difficulty in the way of world government can match the danger of a world without it.
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The Gaza sniper deserves a decoration, and the photographer a demerit.
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Do your analysis of energy costs. Either it comes from windmills and solar or things like nuclear and shale gas. You have to think about how you provide competitive energy for U.K. Ltd.
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...More important than the deficit, more important then healthcare-more important than anything-we have got to do something about our energy strategy. Because if we permit the climate to continue to warm at an unsustainable rate, and if we keep on doing what we're doing until we're out of oil and we haven't made the transition, then it's inconceivable to me that our children and grandchildren will be able to maintain the American way of life and that the world won't be much fuller of resource-based wars of all kinds.
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For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.
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I've wanted to do some sort of acting stuff down the line, but modeling is a good way to get comfortable in front of the camera.
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There are three lessons in philanthropy - one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to scale it up. Choose a leader for philanthropy whom you trust. Three, philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time.
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Truly the jaws of irony are agape!
