Larry Niven Quotes
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.
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I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.
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I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
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We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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I, for one, believe that partisanship should have nothing to do with the actions of Christ. You're either Christlike, or you're not.
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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The difference today is that, in both parties, the very extreme elements control the nomination process.
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A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.
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It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.
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When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding.
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Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced by so many factors such as geography, climate, religion, the economy and technology.
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New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.
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I love hip-hop; I love Sleigh Bells. I also love classical music and musical theater.
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Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted.
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I came across awful characters when I got some kind of status and came to Hollywood. Then you have directors trying to sleep with you, assuming that you will do things because of the way you dress.
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You can't trust just any old person who comes along with a hundred puffins and a pretty face!
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I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, 'Do what I do.' I think it's a little pretentious to say, 'I'm a role model'; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.
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I think part of what acting did for me is it kind of represents all my greatest fears. I'm sort of compelled to do it, but at the same time, it's so frightening. But I think that the things that frighten me the most in life are the things I should be doing.
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Let Daniel speak, let the Revelation speak, and tell what is truth. But whatever phase of the subject is presented, uplift Jesus as the center of all hope.
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10) Anarchy is the least stable of social structures.
