Bruce Sterling Quotes
Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that everyone forgot how to speak Latin.
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Joe was being called a liar and a traitor; I'm being accused of nepotism, of being a glorified secretary. The stresses that that places on an individual and, of course, a marriage were tremendous. It was - there were some dark days.
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Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
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To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.
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The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
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Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
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I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
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If I wasn't an actress, I'd never wear make up. I liked being ready in half an hour and arrive on the sets. Even for a no-makeup look, if one has a dark under-eye on a particular day, a little makeup is used. I had no scope for that as well.
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But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from the age of fifteen to twenty with a man who was thirteen years older than me who remains one of the loves of my life, and he passed away when I was twenty years old.
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It is enough for a poet to be the guilty conscience of his age.
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I have very long, wild hair, a suntan and wear knee high boots and ignore all the rules about what you should or shouldn't wear at whatever age.
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You still stand watch, O human star, burning without a flicker, perfect flame, bright and resourceful spirit. Each of your rays a great idea - O torch which passes from hand to hand, from age to age, world without end.
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I'm not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don't want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don't really want you to talk to me either!
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Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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There's some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don't quite know what is going to happen next.
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The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.
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Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom.
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Making people laugh is what I really enjoy.
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Environment is process, not container. (p. 30)
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I grew up in Palm Springs, California, which is a suburb like a desert town, and I love it.
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The constitutional standard is reasonable. ... I am convinced that we are lawful because what it is we are doing is reasonable.
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Here in Europe they had a Dark Age so extensive, radical and obliterative that everyone forgot how to speak Latin.
