Joan D. Vinge Quotes
The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play.
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When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'
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There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.
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People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.
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I very much admire Uri Ariel. I think he's a man of principles, and effective, and I love him.
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If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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I would actually like to play Bobby Brown. To me, he was just the King of R&B at one point.
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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.
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I love the idea of how fast can we make the song, but I don't think that I'm necessarily, like, a super-talented songwriter. I think I'm just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit.
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Growing up in eastern Germany, I knew of Superman, but he didn't resonate emotionally with me.
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The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight.
