David Brin Quotes
It’s said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.
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My father got me involved in the game when I was four years old.
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I was really lucky to work at CBS news. I was blessed to be able to live my dream in many ways at CBS news.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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My family never had a business background. We are artistes.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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Do you want to feel good, or do you want to do good?
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No two wars are identical.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
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When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.
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The application of a strong magnetic field enables the measurement of the energy of the most penetrating particles to be carried out, and the method may be capable of still further extension and improvement.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect.
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Vladimir Putin is a smart guy. I don't like him, smart guy. He is going to advance the cause of Russia until he hits a brick wall. He's hit a brick wall in a few areas. I think we need to make it clear that your growth of the former Soviet Union is over. You can be a great power that's respected. Fine. But this is not going to be the old Soviet Union.
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I have a feeling I'm falling on rare occasions but most of the time I have my feet on the ground I can't help it if the ground itself is falling.
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The one person who has more illusions than the dreamer is the man of action.
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It's really tough to get happy music going, you know?
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It’s said that 'power corrupts,' but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.
