Avram Davidson Quotes
Life continued, the wheel turned, the earth moved, and even death—that delightful biological necessity—was an aspect of life.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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My parents got me in trouble when I was in school because someone was getting bullied, and I didn't do anything about it. I just watched it happen and then came to the school, and I got cussed out for not helping and not being a part of it.
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My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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I look for someone whose upbringing was somewhat similar to mine because they can understand me - love for the family and everything else. You see someone's relationship with their parents, and you realize what that person's going to be like as a parent.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.
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If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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Winelibrary.tv was about building personal brand equity. It was a business move. Now, it was totally surrounded by a passion for wine, but I very much gave a lot of thought to doing a sports-video blog instead.
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It is one thing to train officers on fighting crime. It is a whole other thing to train them to build friendships and relationships, which are integral to fighting crime. This takes time, effort, and patience on the part of police officers.
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I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite.
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Both knowledge and wisdom extend man's reach. Knowledge led to computers, wisdom to chopsticks.
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I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall'.
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The Crucible became by far my most frequently produced play, both abroad and at home. Its meaning is somewhat different in different places and moments. I can almost tell what the political situation in a country is when the play is suddenly a hit there - it is either a warning of tyranny on the way or a reminder of tyranny just past.
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I would have liked the old days.
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All you need is lots and lots of data and lots of information about what the right answer is, and you'll be able to train a big neural net to do what you want.
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I want people to have learned from me. When you watch movies that we grew up on, they teach you life lessons about friendship, brotherhood, integrity, but it's still funny and something you can watch as a family. I want to bring that back to our culture in general.
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I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.
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Life continued, the wheel turned, the earth moved, and even death—that delightful biological necessity—was an aspect of life.
