David Brin Quotes
I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.
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The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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As a musician usually music is your way out.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
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This crisis of long-term unemployment is having a profoundly damaging impact on the lives of those bearing the brunt of it. We know this thanks to a series of careful studies of the problem conducted in the depths of the 1930s Great Depression.
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
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Etymology: from Latin ad-, "to" + visum, past participle of videre, "to see". Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old.
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From my anger, frustration, and hurt, I wrote the short story that would later become 'The Hate U Give.'
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There's so much positivity in the world and your day-to-day life that to go as far as to say that you hate something or you wish it didn't exist and all the bad things in the world happen to you and only you, it's a joke. It's not real to have that much hate in your heart.
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True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential.
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I'm no fan of what I've seen health insurance companies do.
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I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.
