Kim Stanley Robinson Quotes
When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
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My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.
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During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot.
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Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
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A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both.
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There are so many aspects to science that I couldn't give up – the rigor, the discoveries, the teaching. The impact that science has on the world around us is something I'm enthralled with. I don't think anyone could ever take that out of me.
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Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.
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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
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All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.
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It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.
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I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
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I've always felt writing is an art. Publishing is a business. I felt strongly if I was going to write, I would write what I wanted to, and if the 'market' didn't respond, there was nothing I could really do about it.
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In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act.
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
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Bangalore needs a honest, passionate and hard-working MP, and I will be that MP.
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I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'
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The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them.
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The beer was empty and our tongues were tiredAnd running out of things to say.She gave a kiss to me as I got outAnd I watched her drive away.Just for a moment I was back at schoolAnd felt that old familiar painAnd as I turned to make my way back homeThe snow turned into rain.
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Even though technically the fundamentals of acting are always the same in every medium, what's different is the size.
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Let me highlight the fact, then, that a mistrust of outsiders – as manifested by and in states for thousands of years – is very different from an ideology asserting that one uniquely pure race is morally superior to all others. Such thinking was by no means the norm even in European fascism. It runs directly counter to Marx.
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I thought I'd miss cursing, but I actually don't. I still feel like I can get my point across without real harsh language.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you.
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When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal.
