David Brin Quotes
There was that word quaint again. It seemed to refer patronizingly to anything simple or backward, from the viewpoint of a city-bred tourist.
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It's interesting to know how much you are worth.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.
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The thing that is so great about Ang Lee is the diversity in his filmmaking, from 'Brokeback...' to 'The Hulk.'
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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I love young men, lots of them, your ancient masculine double standard.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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You can't come into this world without becoming its victim.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Dan Henderson, even when you're close and he hits you from very, very close, you can feel how heavy his hands are. His hands are pretty powerful.
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It's great living with your best friends.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
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I know two kinds of audience only – one coughing, and one not coughing.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!
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They use the simple back and forth, the same, old rhythm That a baby can pick up, and join, right with 'em. But their rhymes are pathetic, they think they copacetic Using nursery terms, at least not poetic.
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There was that word quaint again. It seemed to refer patronizingly to anything simple or backward, from the viewpoint of a city-bred tourist.
