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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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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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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We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously.
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I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.
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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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More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.
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I'm not a biographer, I'm a novelist.
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I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.
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I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.
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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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He is blind indeed who does not see, in the signs of the times, a strong tendency to plunge the Union as deep in debt as are many of the States, and to subjugate the whole to the paper system.
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It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.
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Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day.
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To combat the confusion and depression that assault me when I come off the road in the middle of a tour, I seek the most oblivionated music possible. When it's the 'way out there' that I seek, I go right to my stash of amazing music from Japan.
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You can’t fight biology. Only push at the rules, here and there.
