Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes
I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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I want the single player experience.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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Time has changed and now is the age of spending.
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Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations.
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No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
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If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves? We claim British rights not by charter only! We are born to them.
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Vehicular traffic is completely forbidden in the green strips, where tranquility shall reign and the curse of noise shall not penetrate.
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Let's set things straight... there are 300 million people living in countries within the Nile basin in horrific economic and security conditions. The $500 that they earn in Israel every month is an annual salary in their countries of origin.
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I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.
