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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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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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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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
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When I got back from London, I started with a new voice teacher in the experimental wing, who trained me to have my own artistry as opposed to forcing a technique upon me.
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Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.
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There are people that I didn't like, but I saw them suffer and it changed me. I promised myself that I would never tell a lie, never hurt another human being, and I would try to make the world as positive as I could.
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I'm particularly interested in black swan events: unprecedented surprises that destroy the conventional wisdom about how the world works.
