Edmund Crispin Quotes

A science fiction story is one which presupposes a technology, or an effect of technology, or a disturbance in the natural order, such as humanity, up to the time of writing, has not in actual fact, experienced.

Edmund Crispin

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• Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Cold
  • Sea
  • Spring

• Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.

  

  Kate Millett
  • Life
  • Different
  • Circumstances

• When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Movie
  • Hot Fuzz
  • Barbara Steele

• Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.

  

  Adam Driver
  • People
  • Work
  • Believe

• Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

  

  Nas
  • Artist
  • Rapper
  • Anybody

• I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Time
  • Alone
  • Myself

• I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Why
  • Happy
  • Know

• Most women don't play like guys do: they don't wrestle, fight, get into brawls. They don't know how to express themselves in a physical, active way.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • Women
  • Know
  • Fight

• First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

  

  Dale Carnegie
  • Yourself
  • Worst
  • Prepare

• My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.

  

  Anand Giridharadas
  • Parents

• What appears spectral today will be natural tomorrow.

  

  Franz Marc
  • Today

• Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

  

  Franklin Pierce

• I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don't get it don't know about it.

  

  Betty White
  • People

• I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that.

  

  Afrika Bambaataa
  • Rap

• Birthdays, for me, are not really important. It is just like any other day.

  

  Barun Sobti
  • Important

• I'm a fan of records. I'm a fan of listening to something cover to cover and not wanting to skip over anything.

  

  Chris Stapleton
  • Listening

• I just feel not many people hear that you should feel good inside and feel happy within your soul, instead of needing to look a certain way, so I always try and talk to people about that.

  

  Anne-Marie
  • People
  • Good
  • Happy

• Culture used to be viewed as the 'touchy-feely' side of business, but that's no longer the case. If you don't have a defined culture behind you, then you aren't going to be effective at executing your strategy.

  

  Peggy Johnson
  • Business
  • Culture

• The Yankees have better starting pitchers than Arizona. Arizona just has two... the Yanks have four.

  

  Keith Hernandez

• To be a young Irishman in London and go to the theater to see 'Rosemary's Baby'... it scared the crap out of me.

  

  Pierce Brosnan
  • Baby

• On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.

  

  Vince Cable
  • Achieve
  • Anger
  • Apology

• If we are going to get a grip on escalating costs, we have to focus more on prevention rather than acute care. Technology can help us do that.

  

  Frans van Houten
  • Help
  • Technology
  • Focus

• They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Humanity
  • Lying
  • Proof

• A science fiction story is one which presupposes a technology, or an effect of technology, or a disturbance in the natural order, such as humanity, up to the time of writing, has not in actual fact, experienced.

  

  Edmund Crispin
  • Technology
  • Humanity
  • Experienced