Larry Niven Quotes
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I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.
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The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.
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So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.
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You can still make music that people love, but there won't be more innovation. I started listening to electronic music a long time ago. But mostly I listen to rap. I think rap is the most interesting.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself the way.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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I'm beyond the normal person. I'm not your everyday Joe.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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I always do an all-night horror marathon on Saturdays where we start at seven and go until five in the morning.
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You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.
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We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.
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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.
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Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.
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I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.
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There's accountability in the mutual fund industry. And they've been tremendous engines of wealth for people and they're going to continue to be so.
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I've always wanted to play Peter Parker, obviously.
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I feel very fortunate to have broken in with the Milwaukee Braves organization.
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2) Never fire a laser at a mirror.
