Brian Aldiss Quotes
It was extraordinary to be in two places at once, doing two different things - extraordinary, but not confusing. He merely had two bodies which were as integrated as his two hands had been.
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There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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To be honest, marriage doesn't scare me and that, it's just once you've been together for so long, if you haven't got any kids it's just a big expensive day out for everyone else to enjoy, isn't it?
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Think and grow rich.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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I think that people have a very strict perception of what a pop artist is.
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I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about.
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
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I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.
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I read. It's also nice for me to get involved in schoolwork, which is a totally different world than acting. It makes me feel like I am doing things that normal people are doing at my age.
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It was extraordinary to be in two places at once, doing two different things - extraordinary, but not confusing. He merely had two bodies which were as integrated as his two hands had been.
