Jerry Pournelle Quotes
Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about the business of making a living at this racket.Jerry Pournelle
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
Victor Borge -
I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
Olga Kurylenko -
Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
Malcolm Gladwell -
There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
Jack Youngblood -
I really believe that when you're playing a character that everything is contained in the script. If I'm pulling from things from my own life, then I think I'm being disingenuous to the character and the story.
Walton Goggins -
Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
Edmund White -
I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
Sam Shepard -
Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
Yami Gautam -
I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
Gail Carriger -
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
Oscar Wilde -
Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
Eddie Rickenbacker
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
Sam Levenson -
I use to live on this street when I was a kid where there was an old person retirement home, and all of the old people would listen to that band Herman's Hermits, and they would wear white nursing shoes. And they would throw away stacks of VHS tapes, and I would go through the trash and take them.
Harmony Korine -
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
Vin Diesel -
I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.
Rafael dos Anjos -
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
Walter Scott -
I actually did go through severe depression and anxiety attacks where I couldn't sleep for weeks. It was definitely several months of being not myself.
Felicia Day
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I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.
Sam Waterston -
You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but at home, it's different. It's inside you.
Cate Blanchett -
Some Sundays, I read it quickly - other Sundays, I savor it. I generally spend most of my time in 'The New York Times Book Review,' 'Sunday Business,' 'Sunday Review,' and 'The New York Times Magazine.' I turn all the other pages, only stopping when I find a headline that interests me.
Brad Feld -
I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year. It's a country where I feel very comfortable and it represents an important period in my life.
Viggo Mortensen -
This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare.
James Forrestal -
Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about the business of making a living at this racket.
Jerry Pournelle