Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes
As far as 'Windup Girl' becoming a hit - none of us expected that. 'Night Shade' was just hoping not to lose their shirts, and I had grown up hearing from everyone that science fiction didn't sell, so all of our expectations were very low.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I want to make a name for myself.
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The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.
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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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We don't want our players getting hurt.
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I never want to forget that I'm doing an impossible thing. How rare is it that you get to be part of something people love? It's really special. It's a very out-of-body experience to be a part of something so huge.
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To play a good guy is nice because in a way, he is so open for answers.
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I can tell you 100 percent Pastor Jones will not burn the Quran tomorrow. There will be no Quran burning.
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There's a new science out called orthomolecular medicine. You correct the chemical imbalance with amino acids and vitamins and minerals that are naturally in the body.
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If you had asked me when I was 28 and in my wedding dress if I ever thought I would end up in my forties flipping my husband the bird over potato chips, I'd say you were crazy.
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As far as 'Windup Girl' becoming a hit - none of us expected that. 'Night Shade' was just hoping not to lose their shirts, and I had grown up hearing from everyone that science fiction didn't sell, so all of our expectations were very low.
