Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.
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We wanted to describe society from our Left point of view. Per had written political books, but they'd only sold 300 copies. We realised that people read crime and through the stories we could show the reader that under the official image of welfare-state Sweden there was another layer of poverty, criminality and brutality.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Well, my first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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The main characters for 'The Seer and the Sword' made an appearance one night and then haunted me for over five years before I began to write them down. Does that count as inspiration? For me, characters tend to show up, stay on to help with the work of writing their stories, and then occasionally deign to visit after a book is finished.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
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I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
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When documents were analog, they were protected by government laws against unreasonable search and seizure. When they live in the cloud... the ground is shifting.
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Civilization is the way one's own people live. Savagery is the way foreigners live.
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He had discharged his destiny; now, perhaps, he could begin to live.
