Vernor Vinge Quotes
Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
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The media is controlled.
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My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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A girl can never have too many lipstick options!
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I once pitched this show that was just like 'Quantum Leap,' in terms of the set-up, and I got a pass because they said 'Quantum Leap' didn't work, even though it was on for six or seven seasons. You can't say 'Quantum Leap' didn't work!
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Men are such power-seeking creatures, and they usually kill people to get to the throne.
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Does being a feminist mean that I believe that I'm as good as any man? Yes.
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It horrifies me how much it costs to put on shows now, mainly due to EU regulations. The freedom to be entrepreneurial is no longer there. It's a massive business now.
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Self-preservation is an important thing to me.
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Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
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Pair up in threes.
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Why should you trouble yourself about the future? You do not even properly know about the present. Take care of the present, the future will take care of itself.
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When once-which every body must be-you are convinced of the wickedness and deceit of men, it is impossible to preserve untainted your own innocence of heart. Experience will prove the depravity of mankind, and the conviction of it only serves to create distrust, suspicion-caution-and sometimes causelessly.
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Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.
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An agnostic is a cowardly atheist.
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I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
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I would fight them if they were a million!
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Seek Unity and you will find neither Unity nor Truth.Seek the light of truth, and you will find Unity and Truth.
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Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program.
