Scott Westerfeld Quotes
Typographical laziness was slowly destroying our culture, according to Lexa and her pals. Inexactitude was death.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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Jesus' own witness of sacrificial love and forgiveness, and his work to heal the sick and care for those in need, represent God's ways and vision for us.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.
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It's always a thrill to wear the flag and ride for Canada in any competition, but especially the Olympics.
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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It's not easy to tick me off... I don't get angry often. But you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids; that'll do it every time. Donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave Heidi the hell alone.
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Science has no prejudices - though scientists often do. Science is like figures: they do not lie themselves, but the men who figure are often the greatest liars in the world.
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Understand then all of you, especially the young, that to want to impose an imaginary state of government on others by violence is not only a vulgar superstition, but even a criminal work. Understand that this work, far from assuring the well-being of humanity is only a lie, a more or less unconscious hypocrisy, camouflaging the lowest passions we posses.
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I had sworn to administer justice 'faithfully and impartially.' To do otherwise would be to violate my oath. That meant I had no business of imposing my personal views on the country. Nor did I have the slightest intention of doing so.
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For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written; yet where is the legislator who has wisdom and practical talent enough to avail himself of the light which it sheds on the science of legislation?
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I can talk openly about my support for the artists on Communion because I'm not promoting myself.
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Trust me, the only real way to understand 'Chic' is in highfalutin terms. Our chord progressions were based on European modal melodies. I made those early 'Chic' records to impress my jazz friends.
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I like that 'Mad Men' is now an adjective I use to describe clothing when I'm shopping: 'I like this top. It's very 'Mad Men.'
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After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.
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She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death.
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I won't live to see the death-with-dignity movement reach critical mass, but I call on you to carry it forward.
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Typographical laziness was slowly destroying our culture, according to Lexa and her pals. Inexactitude was death.
