Peter F. Hamilton Quotes
The whole point of science fiction is that you explore the effect of ideas on a society.
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I still wanted to see the family come back to life. And when that didn't transpire from the music, it kinda made me feel like I was bein' taken advantage of. I thought, when people heard '8 Diagrams,' they'd be like, 'Oh, Wu-Tang is a wrap now - they've lost it.' And I know that we didn't lose it.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.
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I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'
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Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life.
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When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer with values that mirrored my own growing family concerns. Kmart is a family store where value-conscious moms shop, so my partnership with Kmart seemed like a natural fit.
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I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.
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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist.
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
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Through the ages, man's main concern was life after death. Today, for the first time, we find we must ask questions about whether there will be life before death.
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If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time.
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There's a difference between performing in Philadelphia to New York as much as a difference between playing in Luton and playing in San Francisco, y’know what I mean?
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The whole point of science fiction is that you explore the effect of ideas on a society.
