Charles Stross Quotes
It was a lousy plan, the only thing to commend it being the fact that all the alternatives were worse.
Quotes to Explore
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It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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Visit a typical science classroom and you will discover far more than empirical facts being taught. The dominant worldview among scientific intellectuals is evolutionary naturalism, which holds that humans are essentially biochemical machines.
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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I've built employee perks programs before and it's impossible to manually build a program that makes everyone happy. I'd make a deal with one gym then hear about another gym an employee would prefer. As a small business owner, I didn't have the time or leverage to negotiate and manage dozens of vendor relationships.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
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Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.
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I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!
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Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.
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In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.
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I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family.
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I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody's business.
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Skateboarding teaches you how to take a fall properly. If you try to kickflip down some stairs, it might take you thirty tries - and you just learn how to take a tumble out of it without getting hurt.
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I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.
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'Yellow Face' marks my summation of multiculturalism.
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Behind us: the unknown. Before us: the secret.
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With 'Greek Gods,' I wanted to go with the blue and green hues of sky and water; with 'Heroes,' I felt the color needed to be more dramatic and give a sense of battle, rage, and yes, of blood. That's the world these demigods lived in, and I felt that orange and red would also compliment the greenish blue of the 'Gods' cover.
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I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.
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It was a lousy plan, the only thing to commend it being the fact that all the alternatives were worse.
