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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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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My artwork gets stolen all the time; it's ridiculous.
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In order to encourage the cattle farmers to raise a herd of all-natural cattle, which is a several-year process, they have to know that it's not just Shake Shack that wants to buy it. They have to have other buyers who are willing to pay more for all natural.
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If I don't book a job, I like to see it not as a rejection but as a redirection to something different.
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But I know a lie when I hear one.
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I'm driven by history and our past. That's why I work in gold. It's in your veins. We've been lusting after gold since the beginning of time. God, glory, and gold.
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People put themselves in difficult situations in lots of different areas. What you count on is people taking every precaution. The aerospace industry is unique in this aspect because a thousandths-of-an-inch mistake can cause spectacular failures.
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10) Anarchy is the least stable of social structures.
