Larry Niven Quotes
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You do not need to have a 2,400-page bill come out of Washington, D.C.
Carly Fiorina -
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
Saint Augustine -
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.
Edmund Morgan -
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.
Hans Jonas -
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.
Tamzin Merchant -
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.
Carla Gugino
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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
Ogden Nash -
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.
Taylor Swift -
Commanders-in-chief make really tough decisions.
Dana Perino -
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.
Eckhart Tolle -
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
Agatha Christie -
Man, I love Limp Bizkit, Johnny Lange, many people.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Although I know a lot of the previous shuttle flights, in theory, had their tasks laid out; but there were still some changes that came along for them.
Linda M. Godwin -
It's an interesting juxtaposition, being student body president and leading others and learning how to effectively help people on the team in a way that's not as direct.
David Robinson The Cars -
We've got to use every piece of data and piece of information, and hopefully that will help us be accurate with our player evaluation. For us, that's our life blood.
Billy Beane -
The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.
Lynn Abbey -
I Googled myself, and I saw some nice things and some not-so-nice things. I've learned that that stuff isn't real, and it doesn't exist unless you look at it.
Lily James -
There's a misunderstanding that I've always tried to address straight on when this question comes up, which is that a 'Half-Life' story can somehow exist outside of a game. It can't. The story is created through the process of trying to figure out how to best use the features of the engine within the interesting set of constraints it poses.
Marc Laidlaw
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President Obama is in no danger of being judged by history as an eco-radical.
Jeff Goodell -
Public schools are where the next generation of leaders are educated and where cultural exchange will take place.
Eugenie Scott -
I always figured Metropolis was north of New York, actually. Between New York and Boston, in my mind.
Jim Lee -
I grew up in a military family. My father spent 26 years in the Air Force.
Darryl Glenn -
Stupidity is always a capital crime.
Larry Niven