Alastair Reynolds Quotes
She wondered if she could put a dart in his eye. It would not kill him, but it might take the edge off his cockiness.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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Customers are enormously punishing when companies don't meet their expectations.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
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Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
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Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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My grandmother used to really love fashion, and she always had Chanel No. 5 on her dressing table, and Chanel bags. That's when I really started falling in love with the brand and fashion in general.
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For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff. One day, though, I realized I was no longer a believer, and realizing that, I couldn't go back.
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She wondered if she could put a dart in his eye. It would not kill him, but it might take the edge off his cockiness.
