Charles Stross Quotes
'Do you believe in angels, Robard?' he asked faintly.'No, sir.''Well, that’s alright then, she must be a devil. Can deal with those, y’know.'
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The world is always in movement.
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I eat lots of vegetables and green juices.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow.
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Faith Hill is a big role model.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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Still often interventionist, convinced of our importance in the world, even those of us born long after 1900 live in a country that is much more Victorian than we think.
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The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery.
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The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in a direct way. And when, under pressure of circumstances, they have risked a direct attack, the result has commonly been to blot their record with a failure.
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I think this orchestra's strengths involve drama and voice.
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I got a wife who likes expensive things, so she takes all the cash.
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'Do you believe in angels, Robard?' he asked faintly.'No, sir.''Well, that’s alright then, she must be a devil. Can deal with those, y’know.'
