Larry Niven Quotes
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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There are so many Muslim women that feel like they don't fit society's standard of beauty. I just wanted to tell them it's OK to be different; being different is beautiful, too.
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Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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I've been in some bad TV shows and suffered through so much poor writing.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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Beauty is boring because it is predictable.
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We will fiercely challenge those forces within the education establishment who impede innovation in our schools and who protect and defend inequality and institutional failure.
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As an Oklahoma quarterback, you learn to perform under pressure.
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Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
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I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.
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His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.
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Scientists learn about the world in three ways: They analyze statistical patterns in the data, they do experiments, and they learn from the data and ideas of other scientists. The recent studies show that children also learn in these ways.
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I'm the type of person who far prefers a vacation filled with trips to museums and art galleries, shopping and exploring vintage flea markets, people-watching at cafes, and discovering delicious restaurants as opposed to lounging on a beach for days on end.
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The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development.
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Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.
