Scott Westerfeld Quotes
Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.
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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.
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Ether is the token of the Ethereum network, which is focused on disrupting contract law.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.
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The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.
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I don't know what 'famous' is, really.
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I'm a darned good listener.
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The pro athlete is a sad tale. He signs a big contract and thinks he's set for life. I didn't think I was set for life, and I don't now. As athletes, we are important, celebrities, in demand and rich. Then we are out of the game and we are not important, not celebrities, not in demand and not rich.
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With my childhood, it's a wonder I'm not psychotic. I was the little Jewish boy in the non-Jewish neighborhood. It was a little like being the first Negro enrolled in the all-white school. I grew up in libraries and among books, without friends.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.
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The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.
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The mindset that I have on every project I take on is, 'How do I make this interesting enough for me to want to stop and look at it?' So in that regard, what I do behind the camera, whether it's still or motion picture, is the same.
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My mom was a history teacher, so I couldn't really avoid history when I was growing up. But we're very light on American history. We don't really have great opportunities to study both the Civil War and the Revolution.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.
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One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.
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Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.
