Elizabeth Moon Quotes
But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they would not confront in the real world.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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This work made me more and more interested in biological matter, and I decided that I really wanted to work on the X-ray analysis of biological molecules.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch 'The Wizard of Oz.' I was a big Jerry Lewis fan, and they'd have these big bands and someone singing - some siren, or some guy singing some gorgeous song. I was always enamored of that style of music.
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You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I mean, make huge mistakes. This is the time in your life if you screw up, it's okay because you can bounce back from it.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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'Game of Thrones' has multiple story lines, multiple countries, and it's complete fantasy.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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Singing is my passion and something that I still love to do and I'm always going to want to do it.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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I like to step into areas where I am afraid. Fear is a sign that I am going in the right direction.
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I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you. May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories - science fiction or otherwise. Which finally means, may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.
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A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they would not confront in the real world.
