Charles Sheffield Quotes
Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home.
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It's mystifying to me why the House leadership will not allow a straight up-or-down vote on a pay raise. I vote against every pay raise because taxpayers deserve better.
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'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.
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If we're building high quality companies, if the customers like the products, if the technology innovation is real, then the substance is going to win out in the end.
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Sugar crystallizes something in our American soul. It is emblematic of all industrial processes. And of the idea of becoming white. White being equated with pure and 'true': it takes a lot of energy to turn brown things into white things. A lot of pressure.
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Think about it: if the world could see how much adoption means from a cat's point of view, shelters would be empty.
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The most enduring legacy of President Barack Obama is going to be a new generation of leaders standing up for liberty.
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For the prevision is allied Unto the thing so signified; Or say, the foresight that awaits Is the same Genius that creates.
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If you're unhappy in a relationship, I think you just don't trust yourself for getting into another one.
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The Trump administration has done everything in its power to uphold the harsh racist reality we have faced.
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Ofglen is a little different than the other Handmaids because she has a really rebellious spirit and she has the hope that she could escape.
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I want to make movies, TV series, wherever the career takes me.
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I was bullied at school, so I didn't much like it.
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I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance, and you've got to be able to raise awareness.
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Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.
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I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.
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I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and heard that stays with me. That's just mine. I didn't want to do a kiss-and-tell, as some of my peers have.
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I'm overjoyed and honored to become a member of the Hollywood Records family. I've admired the careers they've made and can't wait to see how my musical path is paved out.
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Developing a new designer colouring book with Laurence King has been a real passion project of mine.
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I certainly think Halle Berry's a wonderful role model. She's a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways and has made such enormous strides for women culturally and such great successes as an actress and philanthropist.
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I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.
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Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.
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I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.
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Sometimes I think about dying. And then I wonder about going to hell. And then I think that if and when I go there, the place will be completely organized and run by lost souls, with a council and a works committee and an ethics panel, and I'll feel right at home.
