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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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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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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Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses.
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Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office, typing on your own.
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The way to have power is to take it.
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Sonic Youth has a very democratic process for the most part. It almost doesn't matter who brings in an initial idea; everything gets worked over by the band and kind of co-written by everyone in the end because everyone's ideas get contributed to it.
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You can make all the birth plans in the world, but at the end of the day - go with the flow.
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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.
