Gail Carriger Quotes
I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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'Marco Polo' had some negative reactions in the press. Viewers have loved it, and the volume of viewing has been phenomenal.
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I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal with it. In the gallery, it's the same 150 people on the San Francisco art scene. There's a dynamic on the street that's definitely more interesting.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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I like spending time with my husband.
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The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur's ability to hire is down.
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We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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It really wasn't my thing. It still isn't my thing, the whole science-fiction action thing. I prefer simpler, character-based movies.
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Just as a chemist "isolates" a substance from contaminations that distort his view of its nature and effects, so the work of art purifies significant appearance. It presents abstract themes in their generality, but not reduced to diagrams.
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Public health and safety are my highest priorities.
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No, I don’t mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression. It grows in us, that fear. It grows in us year by year.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
