William Gibson Quotes
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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The sweeping, unfocused cuts of sequestration are certain to have unintended negative consequences, including for America's small businesses.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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They hate whom they fear.
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I am a sports fanatic and being able to perform at halftime for the fans of the Steelers and the Jets is such a thrill for me.
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Sometimes I was in school plays, but only when the kid they'd originally picked got sick and they asked me to substitute.
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For those who struggle with anti-pagan prejudices and stereotypes, Humanist Paganism might be a powerful educational tool. It can show that a pagan can be a sophisticated, cosmopolitan, and enlightened person, and that a pagan culture can be artistically vibrant, environmentally conscious, intellectually stimulating, and socially just.
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The progressive Left can be in favor of Big Government or population control but not both. The mutual incompatibility is about to plunge Europe into societal collapse. There is no precedent in human history for economic growth on declining human capital - and that's before anyone invented unsustainable welfare systems.
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I admire Brad Pitt. He hasn't just done leading-man hunky roles; he's done a lot of edgier things. I like playing people with a dark side.
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Some people dote on contemplating disasters.
