Charles Stross Quotes
I don't do villains often enough. There are two approaches: give them sympathetic, reasonable motivations for doing the most unspeakable things, or get inside heads that are interestingly broken.Charles Stross
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
Zadie Smith -
'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
Edgar Wright -
It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
Larry Ellison -
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written.
Rani Mukerji -
I have a garden. We have fresh tomatoes and strawberries. People are different here... People out in California, they grow up quicker. They have a lot of excess, and they have a lot more things than we do here in Hungary. There, they start doing makeup when they're 13, when we would still be out in the countryside making sausage.
Barbara Palvin
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A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
Bayard Taylor -
All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
Jack Nicklaus -
Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.
Abraham Maslow -
I don't recall ever desiring to go as fast as possible.
Hannah Kearney -
A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And of course, we used to date, and now we speed date. And even things that are by their very nature slow - we try and speed them up, too.
Carl Honore -
Siva is one of the best writers in the industry, and 'Srimanthudu' is a great script.
Mahesh Babu -
Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
Questlove -
I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
Fidel Castro -
I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.
Ian Mckellen -
Having children with someone is the real bond.
Francesca Annis
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We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.
Barack Obama -
In hell there's a big hotel where the bar just closed and the windows never opened. No phone so you can't call home, and the TV works, but the clicker is broken.
Billy Joel -
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Archimedes -
It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.
John Mellencamp -
My world has been quite rich in my life, and I've been happy. I've no regrets.
Alexis Wright -
I don't do villains often enough. There are two approaches: give them sympathetic, reasonable motivations for doing the most unspeakable things, or get inside heads that are interestingly broken.
Charles Stross