Alastair Reynolds Quotes
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted.
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Bipolar disorder, manic depression, depression, black dog, whatever you want to call it, is inherent in our society. It's a product of stress and in my case over-work.
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Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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As the president of Afghanistan I look at the suffering of our people as a whole.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I was born with an evil face.
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I have four of the most incredible children. And I have five grandchildren.
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I'm very political without being political. I don't know how to speak proper political language.
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Conscious awareness is the source of our healing...Only when you say the truth can the truth set you free. This is not a negative process, but at times it is a difficult process.
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Voluntary birth control methods only work on the people who choose to use ’em. A population check that doesn’t work on everybody doesn’t work at all, because it simply breeds out the ones who use it. The only population check that really works is one that affects everybody, like a limit of space or food.
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To the victor belong the responsibilities.
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I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.
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Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don't feel they're good at. That may be because they underestimate their talents or haven't yet put the work in to develop them.
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War does strange things to truth.
