Charles Stross Quotes
Liz isn’t simply not going by the book, she’s just about throwing it in the shredder.
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I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
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It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.
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Science may be described as the art of systematic over-simplification.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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While we know gambling is part of the industry in Las Vegas, we're not going to make it all that easy for you to pick up a ticket, a gambling ticket, on your way into the arena.
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When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.
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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
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I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I have a fear of things growing on things. I don't know where it came from. But I go hiking a lot, and sometimes I can't handle moss growing on trees or tumors on trees or mushrooms.
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I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
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My experience of being on the public platform got more multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, and my place in the public eye, I think, has always been a little more than just what is going on in that time in my life.
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We have no intention of abandoning the American people to unproven theories and extreme positions. We're the people party and we're going to stick up for the people.
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I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
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Liz isn’t simply not going by the book, she’s just about throwing it in the shredder.
