Fred Saberhagen Quotes
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.
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Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.
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The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
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Even some of us who make movies underestimate their influence abroad. American movies sell American culture. Foreigners want to see American movies. But that's also why so many foreign governments and groups object to them.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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I am all for everyone having a voice; I just don't think everyone has earned the microphone. And that's what the Internet has done.
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I was a weird but definite kid, and there were essentially no gender roles for me to fit into.
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I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.
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Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.
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A poet, qua poet, has only one political duty, namely, in his own writing to set an example of the correct use of his mother tongue, which is always being corrupted. When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.
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You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?
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The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.
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The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet.
