John Scalzi Quotes
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That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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We would here state that there are now three things necessary to be done in order to save China from revolution. The first is to maintain the reigning Dynasty; the second is to conserve the Holy Religion; and the third is to protect the Chinese race.
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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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When it comes to the periodic table, the United States really blew its chance to make a name for itself. If you look over a map of all the elements named for cities, states, countries, and continents, it's not surprising that European locales dominate the map.
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In Wisconsin, style-wise, it was all about bundling up, maybe wearing a hat and forgetting about your hair.
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It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable - effort to prevent the annihilation of the human race.
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I believe in hard work, not luck factor. The best efforts will reap the best fruits. Nobody can take all the credit. We don't even talk about the efforts of the director, the writers, other technicians, etc. They all together take a film to another level.
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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
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He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor.
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It's time for male leaders to not only ask for binders of qualified women, but to re-write the definition of 'qualified.' The best man for the job, may in fact, be a woman, whose biography is not traditional, but is rich with experiences and skills that are not necessarily learned either in school or on the job.
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Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little. Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel.. .One must have only one master – nature; she is the one always be consulted.
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Blut ist ein ganz besondrer Saft.
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I do not ask my cross to understandMy way to see:Better in darkness just to feel Thy handAnd follow Thee.
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We are socialists. Let us hope that it will not have been in vain.
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Yet still to choose a brat like you, To haunt a man of forty-two, Was no great compliment!'
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I think anyone who's ever gone through adolescence and wanted something from their parents knows the basic tenets of a con.
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When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.
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If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.
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We are experiencing the bottom-line impact of productivity improvements and the elimination of waste.
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'I didn’t say that,' Szilard said, in a tone that implied that perhaps he had.
