Jerry Pournelle Quotes
The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend.
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I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there - Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - as well as artists and craftspeople.
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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We shred every day.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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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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Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.
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It's just such an honor to say that I was in something by Steven Spielberg. I feel so blessed I got to meet such great people, and I got to go to a beautiful place, Vancouver, and I had a great time.
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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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I'm very English, and we don't talk about emotions publicly.
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Holiness provokes hatred. The greater the holiness, the greater the human hostility toward it. It seems insane. No man was ever more loving than Jesus Christ. Yet even His love made people angry. His love was a perfect love, a transcendent and holy love, but HIs very love brought trauma to people. This kind of love is so majestic we can't stand it.
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If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.
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All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.
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I'm doing like a No. 2 or a No. 1 on my head now because I just love how easy it is. I just shave my head and go out.
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The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend.
