Shane Carruth Quotes

I'm only interested in science fiction that's used as a literary device, a shortcut into something more exploratory or universal about our experience. That's why I think it was invented and why mythology was invented; it's a tool, not an end to itself.

Shane Carruth

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ScienceExperienceThinkEndWhy

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.

John F. Kennedy

FutureLightDarknessCandleSafe

Every president makes the Oval Office theirs.

John Dickerson

PresidentOfficeEveryOvalMakes

By 21, I was earning six figures a week. By 23, I had a Ferrari. It was nuts.

Michael J. Fox

WeekNutsEarningFerrariSixHad

America is good enough for us.

John Sergeant Wise

GoodAmericaEnoughUs

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Robert Browning

ThoughtSuddenStungSplendour

I am ugly, but what I do have is charm.

Ronaldinho

I AmUglyCharmAm

But that was my very first time on a set and they said, you know, you have to stand on a mark. That little piece of tape that you stand on is called a mark. I kept correcting them and telling them that my name was Michael and not Mark. They said, 'No, no honey.' I was a little green.

Michael Weatherly

TimeGreenNameStandYouHoney

I was affectionately known as Bird Legs during high school.

Mitt Romney

BirdSchoolHigh SchoolLegsHigh

I think artists need the freedom to fail and I gave myself that freedom.

Lucy Alibar

FreedomMyselfThinkNeedFailGave

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

Joshua Bell

LifeTimeAmazingSeeingWatching

The fabled origin of the laurel is this. Daphne, daughter of the river Peneus, offended by the persecutions of Apollo, implored succour of the gods, who changed her into a laurel tree. Apollo crowned his head with the leaves and ordered that forever after, the tree should be sacred to him.

Dorothea Dix

DaughterTreeRiverOffendedHead

We all have shortcomings.

Sheryl Sandberg

Shortcomings

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