Larry Niven Quotes
And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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I had an apartment on Long Beach Blvd and San Vicente in Long Beach, California. That was the apartment I done 'Regulate' in. I had all my equipment set up in the bedroom, a vocal booth in the bathroom and in the closet, and that's where we created it. I had an MPC 60, a Numark mixer, and a Technics 1200, and a ton of records.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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I have been fortunate that publications like the 'New York Times' and 'The Wall Street Journal' have allowed me to share some of my opinions with a wider audience.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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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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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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Today, I saw a spark of decency. Let's blow on that spark and give it fuel.
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It is now clear that the controversial practices of companies that provide directories and an easy interface to libraries of unlicensed music are in fact detrimental to the growth of the music business and those artists whom they claim to support.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food.
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I didn't want my daughter brought up by nannies, and I didn't want her to feel I wasn't around.
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And every friend I've got has been writing Mars stories. It was pretty clear I'd never catch up.
