Hal Clement Quotes
Human beings are prone to believe the things they wish were true.
Hal Clement
Quotes to Explore
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
Gabriel Byrne
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
Tamsin Greig
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
Dan Fogelberg
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
A.J. Styles
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You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
J. Paul Getty
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I used to sneak into my mother's closet and try to wear her lingerie to school.
Vanity
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Playing this game, you cannot have nothing holding you back. If you're thinking, you're wrong automatically.
Cam Newton
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You know, if you have a zoo you don't want the other creatures to see you. You want them to hang out and act properly and, you know, when the monkeys will come and ask for the bananas, they won't act like monkeys. If you want them to act on what their true nature is, you've got to leave them alone.
Tarsem Singh
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One person seeking glory doesn't accomplish very much.
Sam Walton
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
Dan Jenkins
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I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
Wanda Sykes
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I didn't really have a mentor, but I have always definitely been inspired by the '70s - the Stones, Patti Smith, Anita Pallenberg.
Kate Moss
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I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.
Rita Mae Brown
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It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty.
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
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Girl I don't wanna share you
Mac Miller
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It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.
Keinan Abdi Warsame
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The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.
V. S. Pritchett
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Human beings are prone to believe the things they wish were true.
Hal Clement