David Brin Quotes
Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed to incorporate this crucial innovation, weaving it into daily life. And if you disagree with this ... say so!
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Books about spies and traitors - and the congressional hearings that follow the exposure of traitors - generally assume that false-negative errors are much worse than false-positive errors.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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Theo van Doesburg wanted to teach in the Bauhaus in 1922. I refused, however, to appoint him since I considered him to be too aggressive and too rigidly theoretical: he would have wrought havoc in the Bauhaus through his fanatic attitude, which ran counter to my own broader approach.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.
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I'd heard stories about business managers who lost their client's money. My feeling was that if I made any money, I wanted to lose it myself, to be the author of my own demise.
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I never really took a proper art class in college. I just started reading art magazines and going to galleries. I was really drawn to it.
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The imprisoning of a writer is the same as the burning of a book.
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That thing is Freedom: the gift whereby ye most resemble your Maker and are yourselves part of eternal reality.
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Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed to incorporate this crucial innovation, weaving it into daily life. And if you disagree with this ... say so!
