Elizabeth Bear Quotes
Art isn’t really about raw unmediated access to reality: that’s reality. You get that at the bus stop. Art is about interpreting reality, pointing up certain aspects of it, focusing attention.
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The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
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On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.
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The reality, for me at least, is that the finest recreation of a paper game, played on computer, pales in comparison with the actual, face-to-face experience.
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That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
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I think it's difficult to be No. 1. 'There's too much attention, too much expectation from other people.
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I've been acting since I could function. I got into acting to get attention as a child.
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For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.
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We are lucky to have Manmohan Singh as our Prime Minister. We could not have done without a person and leader of the choice as Manmohan Singh, who gets all international attention.
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Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know?
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History repeats itself. So you might wanna pay attention.
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I have no way of knowing that your story is not true - but you have no way of knowing that my story isn't true. So I will choose the one that I love. I will close the one that, if it's true, makes this reality one worth living in. I'll act as if the life I hope for is real life, and the life that disgusts me - your life, your view of life - is the lie.
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As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself … All of which I've earned a living doing.
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Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful: cynicism is obedience.
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There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
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You should not pay too much attention to what anyone tells you, including me. It's very, very important to follow your own map.
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What perhaps should receive more attention is the effect of the treatment on the virus.
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I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.
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There's a danger of the Internet just becoming loud, ugly and boring with a thousand voices screaming for attention.
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Protecting basic rights such as freedom of expression enhances social stability.
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I grew up as a photo nut. Every Christmas I would get a new camera. It's a huge part of my life.
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The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops. That includes the Irving Berlins and the Hoagy Carmichaels, the Harold Arlens, Cole Porter.
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I studied to be a chef as a side thing, a little hobby that I enjoyed doing, but I ended up falling madly in love with the food and the lifestyle.
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Art isn’t really about raw unmediated access to reality: that’s reality. You get that at the bus stop. Art is about interpreting reality, pointing up certain aspects of it, focusing attention.
