Alastair Reynolds Quotes
'That would require an unprecedented leap of faith.''I don’t do faith,' Scorpio said.Alastair Reynolds
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I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
L'Wren Scott -
One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
Orison Swett Marden -
The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty -
People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
Adam Grant -
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
E. W. Howe -
My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
Kapil Sibal
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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection of form, with anatomy adapted to function, as in the felidae.
H. P. Lovecraft -
Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
Gary Locke -
Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.
Naveen Jain -
I'm not interested in celebrity.
Orlando Bloom -
I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
N. T. Wright
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
Samuel Johnson -
I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
Earl Scruggs -
I feel enough distance from the person I used to be. I'm not ashamed about my life anymore, because I've learnt from it.
Natalie Cole -
Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
Maggie Q -
I fed my ego, but not my soul.
Yakov Smirnoff -
I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
P. J. Harvey
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There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.
Bob Feller -
Whenever you make someone dependent on your money... It's this capitalist idea that I think has made America into a place where it's hard to breathe as an individual sometimes.
Vicky Krieps -
Humour is the describing the ludicrous as it is in itself; wit is the exposing it, by comparing or contrasting it with something else. Humour is, as it were, the growth of nature and accident; wit is the product of art and fancy.
William Hazlitt -
Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a character, but I fall in love with the character. It's like having faith; you're going to be that person for a while.
Lusia Strus -
'That would require an unprecedented leap of faith.''I don’t do faith,' Scorpio said.
Alastair Reynolds