Scott Westerfeld Quotes
Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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I can't predict exactly what the TV channel of the future is, but we think more and more time spent on TV is going to be around web content and web video.
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Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
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My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
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The whites come to applaud a Negro performer just like the colored do. When you've got the respect of white and colored, you can ease a lot of things.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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If there was a way to discourage trash constitutionally, I would sure as heck take a hard look at it. I don't think there is. So I don't think there's a choice here.
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I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.
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Country fans are the most loyal in the world, but they know every song that you put out - not just the singles.
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I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
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If you make a wrong move with explosives, it could be deadly. If you're there when they blow up the beach, you get blown up, too. So you need to get your job done correctly... then pull the fuse with enough lag time for you to clear the area completely and get picked up by the small boats.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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There are a lot of people who've been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use their Exchange server for calendaring and collaboration from their Linux desktop.
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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The optimism that many felt in the 1960s over labour-saving technology is giving way to a fearful question: 'Will your labour be good for anything in the future? Or will you be replaced by a machine?'
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It often happens that we blurt out things that may in some kind of way be harmful to us, but we are silent about things that may make us look ridiculous; because in this case effect follows very quickly on cause.
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Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
