Frederik Pohl Quotes
You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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I love to get home and hang out with my family. My brothers and I love spending time at the beach. I enjoy doing all kinds of surf sports and keeping healthy.
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To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I mean, if a camera's on you all the time, you don't get real moments.
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When we get on stage, naturally, you just get out there and work it as hard as you humanly possibly can do it.
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So one predicts the future as much as one is cause. The future isn't a pattern laid out to abuse and bully you. The future is a beautiful playground that nobody happens to be combining. You talk about virgin territory - the most virgin territory there is, is the future. You can do anything you want with it. Nobody is doing anything with it.
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Great ideas have no attachment to either money or class.
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We're going to fight to the end. But it's better if you fight to somebody else's end.
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We wish the last two years had been smoother. We wish there had been no injuries. We wish he could have played more and played back to the standard where he wanted to be. I know he was totally frustrated by it.
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You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens.
