I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.
China Mieville
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Open borders drive wages down for the black community.
Jesse Watters
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Scotland has chosen to remain in partnership with our neighbours in the U.K. But Scotland is distinct, and colleagues must recognise that.
Johann Lamont
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I do think that television, in its early years, played a significant role in that standard-setting, enforcing a certain decency among people. They took their role seriously, and the people behind the camera took their role seriously, too.
John Seabrook
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A man is attractive when he is slightly disturbing like a woman, a woman when she's a little disturbing like a man.
Sonia Rykiel
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There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.
Ronnie Corbett
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If you're going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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It is a wonderful and unexpected honor to receive the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Receiving this prize with Joseph Stiglitz and George Akerlof, whose work I have learned from and admired, makes it even more gratifying.
Michael Spence
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Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.
Jason Sudeikis
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If what distinguishes us from other species is speech, then poetry, which is the supreme linguistic operation, is our anthropological - indeed, genetic - goal.
Joseph Brodsky
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If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.
Dhanush
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I have never been an ambitious person, and my participation in this industry is a fluke, but only male writers can afford to be coy and self-deprecating.
Diablo Cody
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My dad works in child protection and he's spent many, many years in that line of work.
Chris Hemsworth
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