David Brin Quotes
Intelligence is loose in the galaxy. Power is in our hands, for better or worse. We can modify Nature’s rules, if we dare, but we cannot ignore her lessons.
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I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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It's what happens in other major championships - I just lose my head a little bit.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
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I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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A reviewer once commented that my urban fantasy novels were paced more like epic fantasy, in that they relied on complex world-building and a gradual immersion in the lives of the characters.
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Sometimes what you mustn't do is just as just as important as what you must do.
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.
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Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
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As a kid, I was only allowed to watch a certain amount of television. But once I was old enough to own my own TV, I would stay up until 4:00 A.M. watching Home Shopping Network night after night. Soft-spoken women talked about the jewelry in very detailed, intricate, precious ways, and I loved it.
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When water power then steam power were harnessed to spin and weave cloth, a cottage craft turned into an industry overnight.
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When I want to support a film starring actors I like, I purchase several tickets at the box office - even if I can't stay for the movie.
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I don't look any further than what's right in front of me.
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I'd love to get fat on camera. Wouldn't that be great? I'll tell you what's almost as hard though, getting bulked up, getting that big. Here we are in LA and you see guys walking down the street and everyone looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's really quite grim, if you haven't done it before.
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Intelligence is loose in the galaxy. Power is in our hands, for better or worse. We can modify Nature’s rules, if we dare, but we cannot ignore her lessons.
