Vernor Vinge Quotes
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
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Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.
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I am a control freak. I am very hands on and pay attention to details.
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The temple and the holy ordinances are indeed sacred, and we should be spiritually sensitive to them. It is a sacred blessing to attend the temple to worship the Lord.
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Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator – he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.
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We still need to feed the public, both physically and intellectually.
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We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient genes with us. If you could figure out how to turn those on, you could resurrect ancient characteristics from our ancestors.
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My mom got 11 kids. We struggled.
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You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason.
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I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.
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Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough.
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The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
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I did skit comedy online for many years, beginning around 2001. Around 2006 I started watching a lot of food television and got re-interested in food. I come from a very food-obsessed family. But I also wanted to do my own thing, which was the comedy.
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When I was five, I went on my first audition. It was for a Pizza Hut commercial.
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The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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We also know that our support for civil society is not just about what we’re against, but also what we’re for. Because we’ve noticed that governments that are more responsive and effective are typically governments where the people are free to assemble, and speak their minds, and petition their leaders, and hold us accountable.
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An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
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THE WRITER can get free of his writing only by using it, that is, by reading oneself. As if the aim of writing were to use what is already written as a launching pad for reading the writing to come. Moreover, what he has written is read in the process, hence constantly modified by his reading. The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets.
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I used to read Gore Vidal books and think I was cool.
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People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.
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I say, let’s learn more and then speculate.
