Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes
Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn’t spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit. We went down that path once, and it brought us to ruin.
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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You have to think that the answer - and the right answer - for you and your organization might not be something that's been done before. And it's up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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Someone tried to save my soul in a gas station.
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I am about safety for the people and the planet.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
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Obviously I like pretty girls, but I'm also looking for someone who can take control. I know guys complain about girls telling them what to do, but I think we all kind of enjoy it.
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We all have a stake in ensuring that all students have the schools they deserve and that communities are leading this effort, not being left behind. To do that, we must challenge unchecked charter expansion and the forces driving it.
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You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.
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No end to sorrow, caused by the same endless fears.
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I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.
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People have extreme beliefs about whether it is right for humans to tamper with embryos in any way at all. Sometimes the values discussion gets conflated with the science discussion. We shouldn't pretend we're having an argument about science when we're having an argument about values.
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People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.
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Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn’t spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit. We went down that path once, and it brought us to ruin.
