Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
Maybe she would have done more good as a playwright than as a doctor, after all - clichés were like plaque in the arteries of the imagination, they clogged the sense of what was possible. Maybe if enough people had worked to demolish clichés, the world wouldn't have ended.
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I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor... and now I'm a style guru!
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.
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Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.
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In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
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I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.
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What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.
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No parent would fail to call the doctor if their child developed a fever.
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As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge.
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Because of recent improvements in the accuracy of theoretical predictions based on large scale ab initio quantum mechanical calculations, meaningful comparisons between theoretical and experimental findings have become possible.
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'Lost' makes a lot of sense to me, philosophically.
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Those who oppose reform will also tell you that under our plan, you won't get to choose your doctor - that some bureaucrat will choose for you. That's also not true.
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What science fiction does is take what might be possible someday and examine what might happen if it were - the drawbacks and the positive things.
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People miss those who they love. It brings tears to my eyes to see the longing for me. But it's my decision to do fewer films and more protagonist-based roles. For me to take up something, it has to make a lot of sense to me.
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To every object there correspond an ideally closed system of truths that are true of it and, on the other hand, an ideal system of possible cognitive processes by virtue of which the object and the truths about it would be given to any cognitive subject.
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I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.
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... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest way to make them behave humanely to each other and the subjects in their charge.
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Not everyone is as nice as us.
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I joined NOW on an issue of pay.
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Maybe she would have done more good as a playwright than as a doctor, after all - clichés were like plaque in the arteries of the imagination, they clogged the sense of what was possible. Maybe if enough people had worked to demolish clichés, the world wouldn't have ended.
