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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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
Laura Schlessinger -
To seek advice is easy, easy-approach job. To find the truth by yourself, that is a little difficult, and you have to work hard continuously, and you will find it.
Lobsang Tenzin -
When the stocks go up, the cocks go up!
Xaviera Hollander -
I think that the level playing field is so unlevel - it is tilted so much in favor of Chinese companies - that it's time for the United States to do a little bit more, see.
Max Baucus -
I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.
Tahereh Mafi -
'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