Kim Stanley Robinson Quotes
He often spoke aloud to himself now, or hummed, without ever noticing it, as if ignoring an old companion who always said the same things.
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First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
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I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy.
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Public-Private Partnership in financing, service delivery and provision of workspaces and training of trainers must be promoted to meet the demand and supply gap in the field of skill development.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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You gotta eat right, you gotta have healthy habits, you know, and balance out your decadence with a healthy lifestyle during the day.
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I'm concerned about - the oppression of the poor.
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You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
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Any real virtual reality enthusiast can look back at VR science fiction. It's not about playing games... 'The Matrix,' 'Snow Crash,' all this fiction was not about sitting in a room playing video games. It's about being in a parallel digital world that exists alongside our own, communicating with other people, playing with other people.
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My mother keeps things in perspective for me. She makes me realize that the acting I do and love is no more important than what one of my brothers does-he works in a shoe repair shop. If my career ever tapers off, I'll go to college.
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A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.
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'God Made Girls' was such a success for me. I'm so blessed to have over half a million downloads on that song. I was the highest-charting new female in 2014, and I couldn't have done that without Big Machine and their support.
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My kids are in front of the computer 24x7 despite having all the parental control. There is no way to stop the flow of information. The flow of information is too fast and too much.
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If you're having a very high-adrenaline, high-movement experience in virtual reality, and then all of a sudden you're back in your office, that disconnect is pretty notable. Whereas if you're using it for virtual reality teleconferencing... there's really no kind of impact moving back and forth between the real and the virtual world.
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Nothing is wasted.
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There is no one subsists by himself alone.
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Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
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'Can I appeal?''Oh yes.''Will it do any good?''None whatsoever.'
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You have to be fulfilled in order for everyone else to be fulfilled. I'm a way happier, more pleasant person to be around when I take time for myself.
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My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.
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Fox bought the rights to the book way back when, and there was this attempt by Fox to make a movie out of 'The Hot Zone,' and it tended tragically in a Hollywood disaster involving Robert Redford and Jodie Foster and Ridley Scott. But the rights have been sitting at Fox ever since.
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Pilates is my favorite meditative way to get in shape. I don't like the gym and I don't like running, so I just lay on my Pilates reformer. It's great.
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.’ W. H. Murray, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951
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He often spoke aloud to himself now, or hummed, without ever noticing it, as if ignoring an old companion who always said the same things.
