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 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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A fully developed psychology will not exist until reincarnation is accepted as a fact.
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It seems only yesterday I used to believethere was nothing under my skin but light.If you cut me, I would shine.But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,I skin my knees. I bleed.
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Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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One of the things I reject in our cultural divisions is the clash between faith and reason, and I would say the same about mystery and intellect. They are somehow mysteriously akin to each other.
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You can’t fight biology. Only push at the rules, here and there.
