Bruce Sterling Quotes
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Going to bed can cause imaginary conversations you should have had with certain people or real conversations with your brother who is calling from a bar in a different time zone.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.
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I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I went to Antarctica on a science research boat just to sort of clear my head.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
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Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
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It seems like the good things that have happened in my career are things that you don't try to plan and push, and make it happen, it just seems to happen.
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Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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This is another major feature of thought: Thought doesn't know it is doing something and then it struggles against it is doing. It doesn't want to know that it is doing it.
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I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
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All these problems [deciding cases] are easier for people who believe in God. Those of us who don't or can't have to do the best we can. That's what the law is, the best we can do. Human justice is imperfect, but it's the only justice we have.
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Information wants to be free. Believe it.
