Vernor Vinge Quotes
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
Vernor Vinge
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My daughter, Lila, is my style critic. She'll say, 'No, Mummy, you can't wear that.' She's very good. I do trust her instinct.
Kate Moss
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
Saint Ambrose
Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.
Gary Bauer
Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
Kaley Cuoco
I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.
Carlos Fuentes
In my industry, it's important to have people I look to for different things: guidance, inspiration and motivation.
Becky G
I always say it took me 10 minutes to write 'Cars,' but if I am honest it could have been even less than that - and it has been a really successful song over the years. It is still massively used, in advertising, in films, and people do cover versions of it a lot.
Gary Numan
We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
P. J. O'Rourke
It's all about exploring the more unpredictable aspects in the character, not just fighting people.
Victoria Pratt
When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The mind is the effect, not the cause.
Daniel Dennett
As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
Jack Vance
Nowadays we are all of us so hard up, that the only pleasant things to pay are compliments. They're the only things we can pay.
Oscar Wilde
Every season can be allergy season, depending on what you're allergic to.
Clara C
In the past, foreign intervention was obviously a major problem. Foreign domination, or if not domination, interference. But that has ended. There is no foreign domination; there is minimal foreign interference. The Cold War has ended. The Soviet Union no longer exists. The United States is showing minimal and diminishing interest in the Muslim world. They now have to confront their own problems. The old excuses are gone. The old justifications are gone and therefore the anger of people is turning increasingly against their own rulers.
Bernard Lewis
My kids only come around once in my lifetime, and they (hopefully) won't be with me forever. I chose to have them, and I choose, freely, to make them and my family a priority in my life. This stage of life won't last forever. While it does, I've climbed on for the ride.
David Albert
The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
Vernor Vinge
