Larry Niven Quotes
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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The natural sweetness of leeks, with their soft, oniony aroma, makes them the perfect winter comfort food.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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I am permanently relaxed.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.
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I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
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I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant.
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It's about really having a God connection: a connection with the divine behind the world and flowing forth out of that in a positive way with love and moving toward making a contribution that pushes forth the evolution of the world.
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People like Thomas Aquinas would say we can't talk about God as a creator because we can only have in our heads the idea of a human creator and that can't apply to God. We can't even say that God exists because our notion of existence is too limited to apply to God. People were instructed to think about this in those terms.
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Religion is often just tribalism: pride in a group one was born into, a group that is often believed to have 'God' on its side.
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Always a big fan of the Browns, of course. No wonder how bad they lost or how much we froze to death out there, we still went to the games to watch them lose.
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God was knocking, and he wanted in bad.
