Ken MacLeod Quotes
It’s a big coincidence. It’s something we can’t explain. But as far as we know that’s all it is. And if it isn’t, we’ll only find out by discovering more facts, not speculating, no matter how logical that speculation might seem. The way to learn the world is to look at the world.Ken MacLeod
Quotes to Explore
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
Dan Deacon -
In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
Wayne Allard -
In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
Sam Kean -
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
Harry Caray -
I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
Oliver Tambo -
Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
Vidya Balan
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One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
Ace Frehley Kiss -
A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
Harlan Coben -
I will say that the food in both Japan and Italy was immaculate. I don't remember having bad food in either country.
Daniel Gillies -
I don't have the activist temperament. I like listening to divergent points of view and hearing people out. I like getting along. I even like being liked, although activists of any stripe should get rid of that handicap at the outset.
Victoria Moran -
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield -
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
Otto von Bismarck
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
Zosia Mamet -
When you face a 'performance' that might provoke the 'I'm scared' response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It's more fun than 'Dancing with the Stars!'
Wayne Dyer -
I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.
Sam Hunt -
In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.
Ian Hacking -
My family are my friends.
Becky G -
Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
Taylor Caldwell
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I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.
Jessica Raine -
The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles.
Edith Widder -
Antiblack racism is not only happening in the United States. It's actually happening all across the globe.
Opal Tometi -
When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.
Brown Campbell -
Why be a man when you can be a success?
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht -
It’s a big coincidence. It’s something we can’t explain. But as far as we know that’s all it is. And if it isn’t, we’ll only find out by discovering more facts, not speculating, no matter how logical that speculation might seem. The way to learn the world is to look at the world.
Ken MacLeod