Charles Stross Quotes
'Friendly fascism,' says Sadeq. 'It matters not, whosoever is in charge. I could tell you tales from my parents, of growing up with a revolution. To never harbor self-doubt is poison for the soul, and these aliens want to inflict their certainties upon us.'Charles Stross
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
Val Kilmer -
The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
Edmund White -
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
Sallust -
The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
Adam Kluger -
When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
Abbie Hoffman -
The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
Lajos Kossuth -
The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony -
I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
Laura Fraser -
I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
Yoko Ono -
Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
Ted Deutch -
Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
Patrick Kavanagh
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The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
Finn Jones -
My ritual is cooking. I find it therapeutic. It comes naturally to me. I can read a recipe and won't have to look at it again.
Iman -
I read comics and stuff. I buy a lot of comics, a lot of films and boxsets.
Ed Gamble -
We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product.
Adam Osborne -
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
Hannah Arendt -
We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time.
Vince McMahon
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A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
Laura Dern -
I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids.
Og Mandino -
Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.
Jamie Hince -
The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.
Mario Andretti -
I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.
Peter Landesman -
'Friendly fascism,' says Sadeq. 'It matters not, whosoever is in charge. I could tell you tales from my parents, of growing up with a revolution. To never harbor self-doubt is poison for the soul, and these aliens want to inflict their certainties upon us.'
Charles Stross