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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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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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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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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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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When I left the Giants in 2014, my comments were emotional, insensitive, and misguided, and I truly regret and apologize for my actions. I am committed to working hard to contributing to the success of the Giants.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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The human voice sounds thicker with a chorus and reverb than a dry signal.
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I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
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Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel.
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Hurry, drive and bustle ... Everybody looking out for number one, and caring little who jostled past, if their rights were not infringed.
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Any club is important. All Latin music movements are born in clubs. There is no better research than going to a club. If your music works, it will bounce up.
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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.
