Bruce Sterling Quotes

I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.

Bruce Sterling

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 14, 1954

Topics

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I do suspect we are going to get signs of life elsewhere, but how well prepared are we for this? Have we thought how we will approach them? We need to start thinking about that.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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We have to hire, retain, and develop the best staff.

Steve Easterbrook

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There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.

Smokey Robinson

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The Greek tragic mask is one of my main metaphors for the role of the poet. The eyes of the tragic mask are always open to witness even the worst, and the mouth is always open to make poetry from it. Neither ever close.

Tony Harrison

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The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.

Tom Stoppard

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It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.

Rona Barrett

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Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.

Rosa Parks

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The thing that makes 'Dirty Jobs' different is that it's one of the few shows that portrays work in a way that doesn't highlight the drudgery. Instead, it highlights the humor.

Mike Rowe

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Fiction is a report from the interior.

Deborah Eisenberg

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You start with an idea but then so many things can happen.

Christian Marclay

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I need to be able to rock out.

Bryan Adams

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Cutting edge, breakthrough, television. That's what we want to do.

Anthony Michael Hall

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