David Brin Quotes
'This is a lovely world,' he sighed. 'And yet it has suffered horror. Sometimes, so-called civilization seems bent on destroying those very things which it is sworn to protect.'
David Brin
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My first Comic-Con was when I first met Joss Whedon: He introduced me to that world and I'd never been to a convention before that. He and a bunch of the 'Buffy' and 'Angel' writers were all going down in a big van and he invited me along.
Nathan Fillion
I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.
Gabrielle Giffords
I'm always about, 'What is the most productive version of what I'm putting into the world?' Something that can be engaged by all folks. I don't have to change everyone.
Barry Jenkins
The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
Imre Kertesz
I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
Abel Ferrara
I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
Tadao Ando
In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.
Naftali Bennett
The world wants to like America.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
Larry Wilmore
Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world.
Rachel Kushner
Lately I've been feeling like 50 percent of the great content I read comes from Twitter conversations.
Cameron Russell
Energy companies, such as Chevron and Shell, and oil producing countries, such as Kuwait and Venezuela, pump crude oil from their vast land holdings and sell it on the world market.
Gary Miller
Bad Brains
Barbara Eden is the most beautiful girl in the world.
Larry Hagman
I'm actually part of a number of minorities. I grew up being a horribly awkward kid. A terrible student. And now I find myself as a filmmaker, and you feel kind of alone in the world because you're separate from everyone else.
Bryan Singer
My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity.
Zadie Smith
When I first got famous in the '60s, I got a little too famous, and in order to escape showbusiness, I moved to Hawaii.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable.
Demetri Martin
'This is a lovely world,' he sighed. 'And yet it has suffered horror. Sometimes, so-called civilization seems bent on destroying those very things which it is sworn to protect.'
David Brin
