Alastair Reynolds Quotes
'Is there anyone or anything in this city which can’t be bought?' I said, slipping him a note.'Yeah,' the man said, laughing quietly. 'But I’m not it.'
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There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others.
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Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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I've come a long way since 2007 when I kind of launched my golf career.
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I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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Philadelphia's a good science-fiction town. There are many professional writers here, like Michael Swanwick, Tom Purdom, Gregory Frost, Victoria McManus and others. There are professional artists such as Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger and Susan McAninley.
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My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.
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…enjoyed Dravidian transports.
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What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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My family wasn't particularly political. Mom and Dad voted, but that was the extent of their involvement. In fact, I ended up going to U.C. Davis because, to them, Berkeley was too radical.
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'Is there anyone or anything in this city which can’t be bought?' I said, slipping him a note.'Yeah,' the man said, laughing quietly. 'But I’m not it.'
