David Brin Quotes
Prison for the crime of puberty-that was how secondary school had seemed, when he really thought back on it.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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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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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
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In Cuba, I would start the first two months hitting around .260 with three or four home runs. After the first half of the season, I would get hot, and that's when I would have my best results.
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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My parents took me to a movie, and I remember wanting to sit apart from them for some reason. I wanted to be a big boy or whatever. I remember looking up on that screen. It was a movie about medieval knights. All I remember is saying, 'I want to do that. I want to make movies.'
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Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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I love doing every role I do!
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She lies about her age and weight and is slightly older than Rocket. But they've been a couple for eight years, longer than most in Hollywood.
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There really isn't anything more refreshing then iced Coke out of the old-school glass bottles.
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When I was in middle school, the librarian there was secretary for a couple of groups of professional writers. She introduced me to Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, and I became very friendly with them over a period of two years. Both of them were very generous with their time, guidance and advice.
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I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.
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I'm always reading several books at the same time, depending on how deeply engrossed in it I am, if it's fiction and if it captures me.
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Prison for the crime of puberty-that was how secondary school had seemed, when he really thought back on it.
