Paolo Bacigalupi Quotes
I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
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Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your parents can give you much, but they cannot give you this.
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I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.
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I like making fun of myself a lot. I like being made fun of, too. I've always enjoyed it. There's just something really, really funny about someone tearing into me.
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It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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I went to Coachella once, and it was only to go see Leonard Cohen. I got in the car and sat through all the crazy traffic in L.A. to get there - instead of a two hour drive, it takes, like, six hours. Then I watched his set and turned around and left. I just so wanted to see him perform in the desert.
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The discussion about energy options tends to be an intensely emotional, polarised, mistrustful, and destructive one. Every option is strongly opposed: the public seem to be anti-wind, anti-coal, anti-waste-to-energy, anti-tidal-barrages, anti-carbon-tax, and anti-nuclear.
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I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
