Poul Anderson Quotes
I say that a God who would come between two who have been to each other what we have been, is not one I would heed.
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You know who we hear about all the rappers from? The bus drivers.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.
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You can tell when people think they're a little bit special, and it's quite fun to laugh at them, and I think it's good to laugh at them, because then you can deflate their egos a bit.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment.
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I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.
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There is no fact-checking on tertiary celebrities. You can say whatever you'd like, and it will just rise up again.
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A lot of what I was wanting to do in my work and what I have been doing has been about the unexpected... that unexpected situation of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.
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Video has become much more social, and as a result, there are many opportunities to use video as a way to connect people, to give them opportunities to play and participate, to make things together and have a shared social experience. I think we are just at the beginning of really exploring what social video is and what we can make of it.
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It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty - to oppress without control, or the restraint of laws, all who are poorer and weaker than themselves.
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I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.
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Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.
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There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.
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Everyone looks adorable singing with James Corden.
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Wouldn't it be grand if we thought that theater could have that impact on the political life of a country?
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This is nothing to be talked about, to be honest with you. Turn the lights on and I'll be ready.
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I say that a God who would come between two who have been to each other what we have been, is not one I would heed.
