David Brin Quotes
'It’s magic,' the chief cook concluded, in awe.'No, not magic,' the ship’s doctor replied. 'It’s much more. It’s mathematics.'
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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You can get beat any day.
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I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
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I have to go through auditions, and my surname has got me into rooms, but I'll never know if it gets me any jobs. There's a lot of sexism and objectification, and a lot of people put you down.
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In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
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As a designer, when someone wears my clothes, the biggest compliment I can receive is that the woman looks amazing because my designs have flattered her, not taken over her. I take that philosophy to heart myself each morning when I am getting ready for the day.
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This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco.
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Some people are selfish in all of their relationships. Those people are called sociopaths.
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Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?
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In ease of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level, and the beggar, who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.
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Preserve the President's options. He may need them.
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My one aim and concentrated purpose shall be and is to show that women can learn, can reason, can compete with men in the grand fields of literature and science . . .
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I express myself better when I'm singing, so I always want to hold on to the music side.
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At this moment, somewhere in the world, children died of starvation, bombs exploded to maim and kill the innocent, hurricanes destroyed everything in their path, but the loveliness of this moment was as real as wars and plagues and heartbreak. Pleasure and beauty are as valid as pain and ugliness and when I am fortunate enough to enjoy the former, I do so.
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'It’s magic,' the chief cook concluded, in awe.'No, not magic,' the ship’s doctor replied. 'It’s much more. It’s mathematics.'
