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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The union is much more than me, and when you think the union is you and it's not about who you represent, I think you've sort of lost your morals and focus and the purpose of your leadership.
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The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture.
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I really love being in a room and developing work.: being at the table, looking at the script for the first time, and putting a story on its feet.
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Life does not forgive weakness.
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My own 'sentimental favorite' is always the novel I haven't yet written - I suppose that's the one I consider my 'masterpiece' as well.
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I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.