Alastair Reynolds Quotes
The Jugglers store patterns, but they seldom show any sign of comprehending actual content. We’re dealing with a mindless biological archiving system, a museum without a curator.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations.
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My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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One of the most wonderful memories in my life was when I sang at the Opera House in Sydney. I will never forget that. It is one of the most beautiful Houses I have ever sung in my life.
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Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.
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I'm a huge horror movie fan. Beyond belief.
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I don't have any regrets at all.
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I got intrigued by working in small theatres.
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The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.
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The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.
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Find a way to get a full-body massage every day.
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Touring is very routine. You get to the city, you go to the hotel, you got to be at the hotel by a certain time - it's very routine. I'm not a very structured person, so when I get some structure, it's cool; it's good for me.
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Call a man 'ignorant,' and you have license to show the world your vast fund of knowledge and wise him up.
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The more I talk, the more I come out and people get to know who I am and what I'm about, it's only gonna help. And if you don't like me, hey, cool. Everything in life is 50/50. I accept the good and the bad and just move on.
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I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away.
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Everybody can relate to being real or true. Somehow, someway, you want to be real and true.
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To address the open question of whether we are addicted to technological devices and platforms, Congress must understand the current scientific consensus, potential gaps in research, and the best way to build a body of evidence that can inform effective policymaking.
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Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness is to conceive the love of God within and to bring it forth to the world.
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The Jugglers store patterns, but they seldom show any sign of comprehending actual content. We’re dealing with a mindless biological archiving system, a museum without a curator.
