Alastair Reynolds Quotes
'You seem upset by the fact that we’re hated and feared.''It does give one pause for thought.'
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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My mother and my father divorced during the time that my father was getting his Ph.D. at Tulane.
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People want opportunity so they can earn security.
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Both back when I was acting and now that I'm writing, I've always wanted the same thing out of my career: to be able to get up in the morning and do what I love doing.
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Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
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If you go through any culture that has had wars, go to the bomb shelters, and you'll hear some amazing stories. Yes, it's a necessary thing that we actually both distract ourselves and it's a way to bond.
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The gospel music and doo-wop is what has informed me personally.
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Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.
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I grew up with a computer, and many of my friends were people I met online.
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Neither the few nor the many have a right to act merely by their will, in any matter connected with duty, trust, engagement, or obligation.
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Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high.
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Everything was okay, as long as I could dream. Its amazing, really, the difference between having a dream and not having any left that can come true. It's the difference between living and dying.
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'The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch.
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I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate, Are the liberators here?Do I hope or do I fear?For my father and my brother, it’s too late but I must help my mother stand up straight.Are we the last ones left alive?Are we the only human beings to survive? - Red Sector A (1984)
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Neither fairness nor justice, neither reality nor humanity can be simulated or manipulated by wires or remote controls.
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I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
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I try to transmit emotion and soul in my voice, but my true passion has always been writing. I feel more like a writer than anything else.
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My dad was a third-generation printer and linotype operator, by all accounts a fabulous ballroom dancer. He was jettisoned from the family before I was 2, and I have never met him and have no memory of him.
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I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't write. No one needs your writing. Don't torture yourself.'
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Now the Thanksgiving meal is just so unnecessarily difficult. I mean even mashed potatoes - it's like the most difficult kind of, you know, medieval idea. All right, instead of just cooking them, why don't you spend, like, eight hours peeling them and then we'll have to mash them up. It feels like prison labor, really.
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I refused from the beginning to restrict myself to any sort of lifestyle.
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'You seem upset by the fact that we’re hated and feared.''It does give one pause for thought.'
