Larry Niven Quotes
Anyone who says human nature can’t be changed is out of his head. To make it stick, he’s got to define human nature-and he can’t.
Quotes to Explore
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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The thing that I have to stay away from is sweets. I have a horrible sweet tooth. It's just the worst.
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Typically on a TV series, the writers on a show are writing for their life almost every episode. When someone sits down to write a Netflix show, they know there's going to be a 13th hour.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
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I can hire out for editing, proofreading, formatting, and cover design, and those are fixed, sunk costs. Once those are paid, I can earn 70% on a self-pubbed ebook.
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Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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You can't sit here and try to predict what kind of character I'm going to be drawn to next. At the time when I read 'The Girl on the Train,' it wasn't like I was, 'Ooh, I want to play a hot mess next.'
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The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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Rust rust rust in the engines of love and time
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Under the roof of one controversial assumption about physics, we discuss five big questions that can be addressed using concepts from a modern understanding of digital informational processes. The assumption is called finite nature. The digital mechanics model is obtained by applying the assumption to physics. The questions are as follows: 1. What is the origin of spin? 2. Why are there symmetries and CPT (charge conjugation, parity, and time reversal)? 3. What is the origin of length? 4. What does a process model of motion tell us? 5. Can the finite nature assumption account for the efficacy of quantum mechanics?
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The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.
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Anyone who says human nature can’t be changed is out of his head. To make it stick, he’s got to define human nature-and he can’t.
