Brian Aldiss Quotes
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Woodstock had a tremendous impact on American artistic life.
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New York is such a versatile city, and there's always something new to discover.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.
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You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.
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Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.
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While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
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I worked with Michael Black and Michael Showalter on their show 'Michael and Michael Have Issues.' We did some stuff on that, but it ended up not getting picked up for a second season. There will be more stuff, but not right now. Michael Showalter and I are literally next-door neighbors. We see quite a lot of each other.
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I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.
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When the Transportation Security Administration adopted body scanners at airports, activists wrote the Fourth Amendment on their underwear in metallic paint readable by the new devices.
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I know 'Vikings' isn't really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot of voodoo.
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You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It's your call.
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Muslim communities themselves, as they expect mainstream society to stand down racists, must do more to also stand down the Islamist extremists.
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If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
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It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.
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I have veterans in my family. But I didn't know anything about DAV, Disabled American Veterans.
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy.
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Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.
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Evolution doesn't care whether you believe in it or not, no more than gravity does. I want to rekindle excitement over what we've achieved as a species with the space program. We can't afford to regress back to the days of superstition.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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What I've learned is the power of a compelling vision.
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The ability to change should not be despised.
