William Sims Quotes
Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just weren't what they were looking for.
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We have a lot of talented people in this Congress, and we can avoid a lot of unintended consequences if we just included them.
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Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer.
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Pouring concrete on land you don't own is called a calculated risk, if you don't pour you loose millions.
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Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.
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'Then one can't make a living out of poetry?''Certainly not. What fool expects to? Out of rhyming, yes.'
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Let us then Consider rather the incessant Now of The traveler through time, his tired mind Biased towards bigness since his body must Exaggerate to exist, possessed by hope...
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For 'Is' and 'Is-not' though with Rule and Line And 'Up' and 'Down' by Logic I define, Of all that one should care to fathom, Was never deep in anything but - Wine.
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Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.
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Be nice to people – all people – even when you don't have to be. Everybody is important.
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A man can never dream these kinds of thingsEspecially when she came and spread her wingsWhispered in my ear the things I'd likeThen she flew away into the night.
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Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neighbors, then they would put jealousy and frustration aside?
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When I'm on the court, I picture myself as like a gladiator.
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It seems with every match I win, I get better-looking to other people.
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Just because you get to a certain number doesn't mean you have to roll up into a ball and wait for the grim reaper. We were put on this earth to do something! If you stop using your brain, at any age, it is going to stop working. It's like if you stop using your hand, it will atrophy. I think doing nothing is a curse.
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Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.
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There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.
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I often heard about his cases and I often sat in on his trials. In the late 1960s when I was growing up I wanted to be a crusader like him but I didn't want to wear a suit and commute.
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Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile, fully-obedient, 'safe' organisms.
