Larry Niven Quotes
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You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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Between 1776 and 1789, Americans replaced a government over them with a government under them. They have worried ever since about keeping it under. Distrust of its powers has been more common and more visible than distrust of the imperial authority of England ever was before the Revolution.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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Writing and directing, to me, was the logical evolution from my life as an actor: going from telling someone else's story to actually creating my own. Perhaps one day I will do all three: write, direct, and act in the same production. That might get a little hectic, though.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Let me tell you, writing comics is as hard as anything I've ever done - for me, at least. I'm now officially in awe of guys who can crank out multiple books a month and maintain a high level of quality. Comics are completely different than any other medium I've dabbled in.
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I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person.
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I still believe in love. I believe in marriage.
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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
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You must understand the texture of your hair before you choose a style.
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It doesn't bother me when people try to deconstruct my songs – because at least they're looking at the lyrics, and paying attention to the way the story is told.
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Commanders-in-chief make really tough decisions.
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
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The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you hope or pleasurable anticipation. If it is worse, it creates anxiety. Both are illusory.
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I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
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Man, I love Limp Bizkit, Johnny Lange, many people.
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If we sell out that game. That's a loud message. We're just trying to find out if these people are serious or not.
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If children do not understand the Constitution, they cannot understand how our government functions, or what their rights and responsibilities are as citizens of the United States.
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Upon graduation, believe it or not, I had no job. I had no interviews. I had no prospects. I had no worries. What I did have, I had passion. I had enormous passion. I had passion for financial markets. I had fallen in love with financial markets.
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I’m left doing all the unskilled labor myself, which is exactly when you realize there’s nothing unskilled about labor.
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The reality of politics is, if Trump is the president tonight, every progressive group in America will be able to mobilize in a way tomorrow that they may not necessarily have been able to mobilize yesterday.
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Stupidity is always a capital crime.
