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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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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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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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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Different times need different types of leadership.
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We won't stop until the first Saudi license is issued to a woman.
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Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.
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People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.
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Was it probably true that reasoning beings were equal? It seemed more like a belief than a fact, even if I agreed with it. If you followed logic all the way back to its origin, did you inevitably end up at point of illogic, an article of faith?
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If you lend your skills to other systems that you don't really believe in, then you might as well never have lived. You haven't expressed yourself.
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I love my friends and family, but playing, that's my DNA.
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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.
