Vernor Vinge Quotes
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We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number.
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How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.
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I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.
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Like all rice, black rice is great at absorbing flavours, but it's just as happy to act as a satiny bed for a poached egg, say, if you want to keep things simple.
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I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.
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No one plans to get sick or hurt - I certainly didn't - but most people will need medical care at some point in their lives.
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There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
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I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before.
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Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.
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I did an interview once where I was asked who I found attractive and I went on about cartoons and Nala from 'The Lion King' - and it's a bit weird but various of my ex-girlfriends actually did look like Nala.
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Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.
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As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change.
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I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes it's an asset: no one can put you in a category. That I do not make typical Lebanese, European or American films does not bother me.
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The Internet, in general, I find troubling. The anonymity has made us all meaner and dumber. This thing that was supposed to bring us closer together, I see it doing the opposite.
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you're not on the path to a clean energy future.
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As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win - or just not be so sad!
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My eating is pretty consistent. I like Greek yogurt for breakfast. I eat two giant salads a day, a broiled meat or fish, and a dark green vegetable at every meal.
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Men who fight wars in Winter don’t live till Spring.
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In capitalist society spare time is acquired for one class by converting the whole life-time of the masses into labour-time.
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If there's anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they're either braver than most, or else just silly.
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I'm lucky to live in New York, a city that offers so many options for lunch. I can pick up dumplings from a Midtown food truck, grab empanadas by the dozen in Spanish Harlem or get a fantastic bowl of ramen in the East Village.
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We also planted trees - it became a hobby, for we had discovered what a satisfaction it can be to watch a tree grow and develop. Sometimes a tree will turn out better than any of a man's children, and a tree will endure - its life will outlast our life.
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'Well, what do you know,' Pham said. 'Butterflies in jackboots.'
