Larry Niven Quotes
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name.
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The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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Help me to withstand your beauty as it stands out of reach. Give me the capacity to forget ever having felt your touch.
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In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?
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I'm a 50-year-old guy making music for over 20 years. I've been writing songs since I was 20, so it's really been 30 years, and it's always been personal, but I've always told stories.
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I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.
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To visit certain streets was to realise that only the sky remained unchanged there.
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
