Jerry Pournelle Quotes
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
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To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I was hired because I am Zsa Zsa Gabor, but when I go to work, directors try to force their methods on me. John Huston's intense, precise directions tortured me.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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I'll never totally get away from being who I am, which first, to many, is the daughter of Nat King Cole, which became even more intensified with the 'Unforgettable' album.
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I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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The most important days, more than any Grammy award thing or anything, is the day that you're responsible for snacks after the game.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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I watched a lot of old television growing up - a lot of Nick at Nite. I watched 'Rhoda', 'Mary Tyler Moore', and 'I Love Lucy.' Growing up, I loved 'My So Called Life' and was devastated when that went off the air.
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery.
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The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.
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'Believe nothing,' Apolline advised. 'This woman wouldn’t know the truth if it fucked her.'
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Part of the scientific temperament is this tolerance for holding multiple hypotheses in mind at the same time.
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Power flows to those who serve.
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To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
