Poul Anderson Quotes
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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I know politics; I know the media.
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I like the slow Scandinavian pace. I don't need cliffhangers in every chapter because I don't want to make a Hollywood movie out of it.
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I used to eat a whole chicken, every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It's a mess.
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I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.
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Blacks in the Caribbean, Britain, Canada and sub-Saharan Africa as well as in the United States have low IQ scores relative to whites.
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To do art, one thing should always remember - subjects of people in misery have deep meanings.
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It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
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I really don't want you to think of Qatar as a hydrocarbon country alone. We know that hydrocarbons will come and go. But education will stay. It is the most important thing for us.
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The musical is the one area of the theater that can give you the biggest buzz of all.
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If you have life's experiences with you, nothing can stop you from being a competent actor.
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I think Hong Kong's ballet audience is very sophisticated in the sense that they are able to find the beauty in good performances.
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Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it.
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The butt is not a magical place that only gay people can visit, like a leather bar or the Liberace Museum.
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As the era of the sword was ending, that of firearms began, in time to allow no lapse in man’s belligerent capacity.
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When you get asked hundreds of questions, it's not possible to remember the answer to every one.
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I'm much more interested in looking at our own failings than going to some faraway place and looking at their failings, thus making us feel good about ourselves.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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I'm pretty peaceful and calm and sweet.
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Mother Nature's ruthless to the weak, but isn't arbitrary cruel or negative. Mother Nature saves aggression for extreme situations, and instead uses consistent leadership - to help keep things running smoothly. Mother nature doesn't rule by fear and anger, but by calm strength and assertiveness.
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Be calm. A man can do but little. Enough if that little be right.
