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 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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If the scope of freedom and respect for the rule of law shrinks around the world, the likelihood of war within and between nations increases, and our own freedoms will eventually be threatened.
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An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
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In a piece of my mind the world can't eraseI remember the time and the look on your faceAnd I will 'till the wind blows the stars from the sky'cause the road never ends and the soul never diesBe who you arejust as long as you canKnow in your heart I'm still your manHeadin for homestarlight and stone..
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Self-absorption is always a temptation to young people, and if their religion is of a sort to add to this self-absorption, I feel that it is a serious mistake. If I had my way, the whole subject of feelings and emotions in the religious life would be absolutely ignored. Feelings there will be, doubtless, but they must not be in the least depended on, nor in any sense taken as the test or gauge of one's religion. They ought to be left out of the calculation entirely. You may feel good or you may feel bad, but neither the good feeling nor the bad feeling affects the real thing.
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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.
