Dan Simmons Quotes
But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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I read comics and I did science, and never really put them together until I accidentally found myself in the middle of one.
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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Censure is a limp noodle across the wrist of the president. I think the way we vote on the articles will express the way we feel stronger than any censure vote.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
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I have freckles; I don't like covering up too much. I like things dewy and natural, and I think that having moisture in your skin is really beautiful and youthful - sometimes that's more important than coverage.
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Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs.
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Most artists like to think of themselves as rugged individualists, as independent characters.
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We who grew up with 'drop and cover' drills know all too well what wonders science can bring us, and we like to see the guy in the white lab coat suffer a little. Or a lot.
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I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.
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Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even though books get sold, and I get advances, I get to look at society and think for a living.
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Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tricky for the screenwriters because they're worried about upsetting the author.
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I would hope that everyone likes my music.
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All art is propaganda, and ever must be, despite the wailing of the purists. I stand in utter shamelessness and say that whatever art I have for writing has been used always for propaganda for gaining the right of black folk to love and enjoy. I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda.
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People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.
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But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.
