Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes
Maybe storytelling belongs in audio - a short story is the length of a commute. That can be a sacred spot where you have the ear of the reader without having to compete with other media like games or TV.
Quotes to Explore
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.
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Exposure is about, among other things, the ferocity of the press and the way - in an echo of some of Shakespeare's plays - the modern media creates heroes to destroy them.
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You either are or you're not.
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In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.
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When I was in college, my graduation thesis was called 'Female Directors.' I interviewed all of the important female directors from Mexico. There were four. That was it.
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The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.
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The U.S. has a long history of walking up to the precipice of rigor and then walking away. As voters, let's support leaders who were courageous enough to make the hard decisions necessary to move our system forward. And as parents, let's put our faith in our educators, our children and tests that hold them to their highest potential.
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I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story.
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Maybe storytelling belongs in audio - a short story is the length of a commute. That can be a sacred spot where you have the ear of the reader without having to compete with other media like games or TV.
