David Brin Quotes
Beware of assumptions that seem 'obvious' in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.
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Uncertainty of any sort results in volatility, and Brexit will be no exception.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.
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Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of citizens would be enormously helpful to a mayor choosing between building a new bridge or offering a tax cut.
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Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God's Grace and Mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen.
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Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize it has meaning and may even be true.
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If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.
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All of us have a bit of a sociopath inside of us, and it's wrong to think that somebody is just clearly sociopathic, because they're not. It's interesting to explore the shadings and nuances within a person. Those feelings exist within more human beings than people may want to acknowledge.
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Our position is that we do not accept conditions of any kind which may affect the independence and sovereignty of our country just with the view to solve economic problems existing between the United States and Cuba.
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Orwell wasn't right about where society was in 1984. We haven't turned into that sort of surveillance society. But that may be, at least in small part, because of his book. The notion that ubiquitous surveillance and state manipulation of the media is evil is deeply engrained in us.
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The same evidence that is convincing to one person may not convince another.
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Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered.
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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
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Although I'm deaf in only my left ear, when there is noise all around, I'm unable to distinguish sounds and can't hear anything.
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I really love traveling to Japan.
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I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.
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What can’t be cured must be endured.
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If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
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Beware of assumptions that seem 'obvious' in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.
