Alastair Reynolds Quotes
'Nothing he said indicated that he was that angry. I mean, there’s a difference between angry and murderous. Isn’t there?''Less than you’d think.'
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
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When online business first appeared, a lot of operations would take your order and then disappear.
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I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there are definitely things that set me apart from other kinds of artists. I feel that musicians do it their own way, write their own songs and put on a great live shows.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner.
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Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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Feminism is universal. You can't just fight for one type of freedom or one type of female power. You know what? Muslim women want to cover up, and we have to fight for our right to do that, too.
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Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?
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As a professional track cyclist, I have always challenged myself, and I enjoy seeing how I cope when faced with the unknown.
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The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.
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Adults, who outnumber kids four or five to one, are in charge. We wield the resources, run the world, and completely thwart kids' creativity.
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I'm not comically oriented. I get angry and I start complaining and then people start laughing. I don't even want them to laugh half the time.
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Ladies, I'll let you in on a lil secret: guys don't notice your nails.
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'Nothing he said indicated that he was that angry. I mean, there’s a difference between angry and murderous. Isn’t there?''Less than you’d think.'
