Geoff Ryman Quotes
I sure do think it is an emergent form, but I also despair of reading online until screen quality is better.
Quotes to Explore
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I am very different to how people think I am. It's the characters I play that they are responding to.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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Some of the greatest moments in human history were fueled by emotional intelligence.
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I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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Find a type of exercise that you love - whether it's dance, soccer, softball, anything - just as long as it keeps you active. If you love it, you'll dedicate yourself to it and stay involved.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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If you live in New York or L.A., and you're liberal, and you're playing to a liberal crowd, it's almost like a rally... it's not edgy.
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I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games.
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'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
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People think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I'm going forward, so my clothing line is kind of the physicalization of that. The idea of diversity, of uniqueness, of individuality - that's what this is all about.
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I've got an image of me at the bottom of my garden sitting under my silver birch tree reading, while everyone else had gone somewhere exotic.
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Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children.
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I sure do think it is an emergent form, but I also despair of reading online until screen quality is better.
