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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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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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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The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
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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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I wouldn't say I'm a phenomenon, just a great athlete.
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What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them.
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When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.
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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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Manus haec inimica tyrannisEnse petit placidam sub libertate quietem.
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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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Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors.
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When you're a writer, everything that interests you feeds into your work.
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Launching a start-up, you need to get a lot done quickly. Every day is different. Everyone pitches in with everything. It's easy for the founding team to say, 'We're flexible. We all help out with everything!' But when it comes to making decisions - that flexibility can spell inefficiency and disaster.
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My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.
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Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.
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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.
