Larry Niven Quotes
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The north coast of Brittany is eaten into bays from which the sea retreats to considerable distances, and is fringed with reefs and islands. It is a favourite resort of Parisians throughout its stretch, from Dinard to Plestin.
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I have a pretty good knowledge of the Indian world by virtue of living on several different reservations and being exposed to several different cultures and languages.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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I would say I am an ordinary bowler but one with a really big heart, and that's what has stood me in good stead in all these years.
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I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!
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I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for.
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How does the GOP repeal and replace Obamacare without cutting the benefits upon which millions of Americans have come to rely?
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The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.
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I remember my father, who was 'somebody' in the synagogue, bringing home with him one of the poor men who waited outside to be chosen to share the Passover meal. These patriarchal manners I remember well, although there was about them an air of bourgeois benevolence which was somewhat comic.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.
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I've always been interested in making movies.
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I want to be the best. I want to be counted on by my teammates. I want to be counted on by this organization and the fans. I want to be someone they know is going to bring it every single week. I prepare to be the best.
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For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.
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Imperialism is not the creation of any one or any one group of states.
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London is like a girlfriend I loved, then really fell out with.
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I kind of see myself as a cartoon that's on its way to becoming a real person that has to find that special amulet or mushroom to get to that next realm or level. I don't feel like anything is that tangible. It freaks me out, why I feel unhappy or conflicted and why that can change on a dime.
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There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river.
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Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.
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Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.
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When you talk about world record times, you have to understand that everything must be perfect the weather, the course, the temperature. It is not always enough to be in good shape.
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I don't wear my faith on my sleeve, but I definitely do walk with it every day in my heart.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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We learn only to ask more questions.