Poul Anderson Quotes
Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness which can see naught above or beyond itself.
Quotes to Explore
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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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Nothing exists except through language.
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To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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I don't like to direct myself.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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The history of Bitcoin trading is a bubble, a correction, consolidation, and another increase. It's happened four times, and it will happen again.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
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I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.
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The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book, in a way that is unique and special to each person who reads it.
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I'm from Minnesota. I like to be barefoot, running through the woods.
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Fantasy was something I'd read as a child. And, in fact, my teachers despaired a little bit because I refused to give up Enid Blyton. Then I walked through the wardrobe with C. S. Lewis, and I don't think I actually have returned fully from the wardrobe. So, fantasy was something that was in my life from quite young.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
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In the silence of love you will find the spark of life.
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Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness which can see naught above or beyond itself.
