Kim Stanley Robinson Quotes
Plague was plague, and could not be treated lightly. And this plague was obviously worse than most, having killed everyone in the region.
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
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The Southern Ground warehouse is rocking and rolling in Atlanta, with a T-shirt shop and a leather shop; everything we're selling at our shows we're making or publishing ourselves.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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It's amazing living alone. I'm very lucky. It's like a refuge.
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Everyone else has some interest in economic growth and development, which often happens at the expense of the environment and community. We need the other side to join this to check and balance.
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Love is what we aspire to most in our lives.
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A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.
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Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.
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I will wear tights even if it's 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket.
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A lot of people don't understand how hard the girls on 'Total Divas' work. They're on the road, the same as the rest of us, and then when they get home, they've got to be filming this whole time.
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He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
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Math proficiency is the gateway to a number of incredible careers that students may never have considered.
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The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
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Global warming is my personal experience.
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I start out giving characters archetypes and parameters. Once I know the basics and have a rudimentary model, it's easier to carve unique curves and edges. It's quite easy to guess how a character is going to react if you know their background, and at a certain point, you realize you understand them personally.
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I was extremely close to my father, inseparable. Where we hung out most of the time was the pub.
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Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials.
Garry Kasparov
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
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Few American presidents have been unhappier or lonelier in office than Woodrow Wilson.
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I'd forget the piece just before I went out to do the concerto, the panic was too great. This was not anything that gave me pleasure. This was fulfilling somebody else's dream.
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Plague was plague, and could not be treated lightly. And this plague was obviously worse than most, having killed everyone in the region.
