David Brin Quotes
Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.
Quotes to Explore
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I'm self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn't figure out from the manual or online.
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I don't laugh out loud at comics a lot.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.
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Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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A lot of movies that come from Israel are about war, but there is such good, funny, rounded writing that comes from the country that I wish more people would discover.
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One can be a vegan and eating a health-promoting, high-nutrient diet, but one can also eat a small amount of animal products while following a Nutritarian diet and still live a long, healthy life.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.
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I think that Bill and Hillary Clinton have a very special relationship and I think in very many ways to them it's a very satisfying relationship. I think that it's a mutual respect with a goal of power to achieve, maintain power. And I think that they have been good partners in that.
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Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.
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I am a muso, and I love doing it. I assumed that would be my career for a long time. I always wanted to be a writer, but I didn't think that anyone could actually be that full-time, so I always go back to conducting and arranging and playing. If you scratch me, I'm a musician.
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Ideologies are too seductive anyway. It does a man good to see things from a different point of view.
