Charles Stross Quotes

Luckily, I'm not a stand-up comedian, so I don't get the fear of standing on stage in front of a dead audience: my humorous pieces have to make it past an editor before they get exposed to the public.

Charles Stross

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 18, 1964

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Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things.

Jo Brand

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The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

John Naisbitt

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I had a beautiful childhood, so my adulthood has been really frustrating because it's - half the time it hasn't been as good as my childhood.

John Lautner

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For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn't get his ideas from other people all around him.

Robert M. Pirsig

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Anyone who writes anything on any subject is standing on the shoulders of 900 people who've come before you.

Michael Beschloss

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Dad didn't wear the guns unless a report card came in that he didn't particularly dig.

John Ritter

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Whether you are just entering the workforce or nearing retirement age, planning for the future is critical.

Ron Lewis

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The acting world is tough. It's competitive - and even more so for women - but actually, for black female actresses, the issue isn't really that it's competitive: it's that there just aren't enough roles for them in film and TV.

Michaela Coel

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The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered.

Don Bluth

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No day is alike, nor should it be.

Donna Edwards

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I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything.

Christopher Meloni

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There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.

Christian Louboutin

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