Karen Traviss Quotes
Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate learning experience.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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Humans don't 'need' math-based cryptocurrencies when dealing with other humans. We walk slowly, talk slowly, and buy big things. Credit cards, cash, wires, checks - the world seems fine.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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A friend of mine encouraged me to try rapping, so I started experimenting with it, writing verses, seeing if I could fit an extra word or syllable into each line without tripping myself up.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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If I died on the battlefield, then that was the way it was supposed to be.
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Get rid of it. And I don't *ever* want to see that shit again.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests.
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Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate learning experience.
