Alastair Reynolds Quotes
Either you are a man of unusual ability, Thorn, or a man with a rather inadequate grasp of human nature. I just hope it’s the former.
Quotes to Explore
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Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.
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I wanna live 'til I die, no more, no less.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and Twitter to contrive fiction.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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I live in a constant state of hyperbole.
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In times of crisis, cash is king.
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I was totally into football, totally into mainstream sports my whole life...The media has tried to categorize me, call me a hippie, call me alternative. I work hard. My social life and beliefs don't get in the way of my training.
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[On Princess Anne:] Such an active, outdoorsy lass. She loves nature in spite of what it did to her.
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Nature is a vast repository of manly enjoyments.
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Emotion is the chief source of all becoming-conscious. There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.
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Either you are a man of unusual ability, Thorn, or a man with a rather inadequate grasp of human nature. I just hope it’s the former.
