Nevil Shute Quotes
It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
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As every scuba diver knows, panic is your worst enemy: when it hits, your mind starts to thrash and you are likely to do something really stupid and self-destructive.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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People perceive games as being for kids, and I think that perception is going to change. Time is going to take care of that. I mean, we've already won. Games have won; it's inevitable.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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Reform is the mission from which we shall not digress; it is an expression of belief and determination between us and our people. With the help of Allah, we will proceed forward in this promising national process within the natural progress of the life cycle and the development of people and nation.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.
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The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all parts of society: politicians, industrialists, artists, citizens, etc. That tradition, I think, still exists, but it's much, much more diluted.
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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I never thought about being famous.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
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Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.
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I don't go out, so I don't get attention from girls. They're not going to have posters of me on their walls. I just try to get on with my life.
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There are a lot of problems in this country having to do with permissiveness.
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I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.
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All this struggling and striving to make the world better is a great mistake. Not that it's wrong to try to improve the world if you know how but simply because struggling and striving are the worst possible ways to go about doing anything!
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Art matters because it is the one true great connector in a world that seems to be very unconnected.
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You know, the people who do indie film and decide who gets those little budgets? They're mean, man. They're cold and very cool-oriented.
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It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.
