Greg Egan Quotes

Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers; essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software.

Greg Egan

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ComputersNowSoftwareHumanInside

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

John Donne

LoveLettersMoreKissesThanSouls

I used to sing at funeral homes for families that didn't have a vocalist. I didn't get paid. I needed to sing.

Anita Baker

FuneralUsedPaidGetSingFamilies

Among all the marvels of modern invention, that with which I am most concerned is, of course, air transportation. Flying is perhaps the most dramatic of recent scientific attainment. In the brief span of thirty-odd years, the world has seen an inventor's dream first materialized by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk become an everyday actuality.

Amelia Earhart

I AmWorldFlyingTransportationAir

I've always been attracted to negative influences - I thought that meant you were smart.

Stephen Malkmus

SmartNegativeThoughtYouAlways

My first series regular was on a TV show called 'Starved,' which was so many years ago, and I was the only guy they brought in. So I go in, I read, it goes well. The next day I hear I got the job, and I rejoiced.

Sterling K. Brown

DayJobGoFirstNextYears

Don't shed any tears for me. I got to live a dream most people don't get to live.

Tony Dungy

LivePeopleMeTearsDreamGet

I wasn't always overweight. I was a skinny little punk of a kid with severe asthma. When I got married at the age of 22, I wore a cut-down size eight wedding gown.

Mary Kay Andrews

AgeWeddingKidAlwaysSizePunk

When my elders mentioned 'The War,' they invariably meant that of 1914-1918, even after 1939, for the Second World War was merely the continuation of the first, 'an armistice of 20 years,' as Marshal Foch had accurately predicted at the Versailles Peace Conference, with some changes of side.

Michael Korda

PeaceWarWorldEldersChangesSide

Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?

Jason Schwartzman

LogicYouKnowMeanDo You Know

I like zombie movies, and I like genre movies a lot. To watch. Less so to make, I think. But I grew up on that stuff. I would just grow up watching a lot of horror movies, a lot of slasher movies and then zombie movies.

Jonathan Levine

ThinkGrowMoviesHorrorWatching

It's great to get out of the study and work with real living and breathing people.

Christopher Hampton

WorkGreatPeopleLivingRealStudy

All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of.

William Shatner

CharacterI AmProudSomethingVery

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