David Brin Quotes
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We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 10 I was paying more tax than the parents of other pupils. I feel a lot older than my years. Because I was working with adults, I had to mature a lot quicker.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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I love working in New York.
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I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
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So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.
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Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.
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I try to understand people who aren't as smart as me and not be hateful.
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The funny thing is that Dick Cheney has done more than anybody in the White House for quite a long time to throw up roadblocks against future historians.
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I think a girl looks good when she wakes up with nothing on her face.
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Even if you're an angry, intense person, you also have to have intense joy about life and intense feelings about the world.
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He calls his extravagance, generosity; and his trusting everybody, universal benevolence.
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I wouldn't say that it's hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do.
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The ascetic makes a necessity of virtue.
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I know Russia well.
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I’d rather be dead than so suspicious I can’t trust anybody.
