Edward M. Lerner Quotes
Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications without attempting to predict how the thing might actual work.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
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The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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No day is similar to another, but usually mail is part of my start of the day. Our company never sleeps: we have business in 180 countries, so there are no real mornings or nights.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
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People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
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All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is producing.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.
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What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.
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Form follows beauty.
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I just loved stand-up comics as a kid. I'd watch them on 'The Tonight Show,' and I thought what a great craft it was to come out on stage with no instrument or anything and be able to entertain people.
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I think a lot of the things in my life that I become most passionate about, and most excited about, are all from comics.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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That's one of the best things about characters like Indiana Jones. I mean, he's funny. He's done really wicked things.
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Cisco views IP as the future for all communications systems. Cisco IPICS technology has the potential to deliver a platform to provide an inexpensive solution for pervasive radio interoperability that helps organizations dynamically manage the flow of all types of information.
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Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its implications without attempting to predict how the thing might actual work.
