Alastair Reynolds Quotes
'I don’t like this at all,' Hegazi said.'Believe me,' Sylveste said, 'you’re about to like it a lot less.'
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By what right do you refuse to accept the vote of a citizen of the United States?
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place - even for its enemies.
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For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general.
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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I would say our sound is soul pop.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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I think death is just a transition to another state of consciousness.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.
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It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.
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'Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance.
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[You Got To Make It Through The World] it's kind of a survival song. Survival is what's happening and it's basically a song about that.
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When one is true to oneself, when one is authentic, one becomes true to the evolutionary thrust for self-optimization that exists within oneself and within the universe. And that evolutionary thrust is a continuous unfolding process.
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Every education minister today has a chance of introducing in his education today some simple technique, some simple natural insights into the total reality of life, which the physical sciences have explored in terms of 'Unified Field', which the ancient Vedic wisdom has located in the Self referral consciousness of everyone.
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To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity.
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'I don’t like this at all,' Hegazi said.'Believe me,' Sylveste said, 'you’re about to like it a lot less.'
