Brian Aldiss Quotes
The thing was not discussable, even with a near acquaintance like Calvin because … because of the nature of the thing … because one had to behave like a normal, unworried human being. That at least was sound and clear and gave him comfort: behave like a normal human being.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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I went to Australia and did a three day hike with my fiance through the wilderness, which was nice.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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I quit high school the first day of 10th grade because I felt like I was wasting time.
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I actually was the captain of the football team. I went to Catalina Foothills High School, and I played football all four years. I started on Varsity my sophomore year, and senior year I was captain.
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The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because of my 'liberal' view of human nature: I cannot believe in a state of original innocence, still less in a profound meaning in it, and I am always minimising the conception and the extent of Sin and the sinfulness of sex.
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Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong return in a reasonable amount of time. A strong return is three times cash on cash. A reasonable amount of time is ten years max.
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Deep down, if we really accept that their lives - African lives - are equal to ours, we would all be doing more to put the fire out. Its an uncomfortable truth.
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One doesn't have an agreement to that effect written down on parchment and sealed; but it is as well understood and ought to be as faithfully kept as any legal contract.
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War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all.
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The thing was not discussable, even with a near acquaintance like Calvin because … because of the nature of the thing … because one had to behave like a normal, unworried human being. That at least was sound and clear and gave him comfort: behave like a normal human being.
