Edmund Crispin Quotes
Simblefield, whose ability to camouflage his ignorance was held in well-justified contempt by the rest of the form.
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Right now people are interested in genetic engineering to help the human race. That's a noble cause, and that's where we should be heading. But once we get past that - once we understand what genetic diseases we can deal with - when we start thinking about the future, there's an opportunity to create some new life-forms.
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These days... it's all vanilla sex for me.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
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People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible.
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When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie.
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I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.
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8) History never repeats itself.
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Among politicians and businessman, Pragmatism is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'
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Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it.
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It's one thing to talk about the redistribution of wealth. It's quite another thing to talk about the redistribution of power. That's more what interests me.
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Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth,Stealing my breath of life, I will confessI love this cultured hell that tests my youth!
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Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.
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I have never once asked Alaskans to like how I got this job.
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Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so.
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My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do.
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When you live in a small town behind the Pine Curtain, you live inside your head a lot.
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We are all shades of gray. Its been said again and again; Lifes a process we are fleeting moments that come and go, and I'm grateful for my time, my aspirations, my mistakes, my flaws and my abilities, think of me what you will but before you do, don't.
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I never try to be too sexy. People know when you're not comfortable and trying to be sexy.
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For Beatrice-I would much prefer it if you were alive and well.
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Riches begin in the form of thought.
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Simblefield, whose ability to camouflage his ignorance was held in well-justified contempt by the rest of the form.
