David Brin Quotes
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
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Cutting one side of your head for a few months is not a big deal compared with what other people have to deal with in the world. Plus, hair grows back.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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I pack on mass quickly when I lift.
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Life started getting good when I started making money.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.
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Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.
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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
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I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.
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I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.
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I am pure Filipino; both my parents are Filipino.
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It's a weird dynamic - I guess there is a fine line between hope and sadness. Sometimes you can be feeling both at the same time.
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A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.
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The man who raised me is black. Culturally, he made me who I am. He was a theatre director, so he also guided me artistically.
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The music technology scene is changing so fast it's hard to keep up.
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She too was standing in the lamp’s raw light. Her cheeks looked hollow, her lips too red, too bold.
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My fifth mother is Mother Nature - the things I had to learn on my own, the understanding I had to come to and still have to come to as a young woman, as a responsible mother, a responsible granddaughter and child. She teaches me willpower, honesty, and the things we need to heal ourselves from moment to moment.
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Who's Chernabog?" Grumbled Maybeck. Philby answered,"Only the most powerful villian Walt Disney ever created.
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You can't have an energy policy that means you can only have a bath when the wind blows.
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You can’t fight biology. Only push at the rules, here and there.
