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Bill James Quotes

Computers, like automobiles and airplanes, do only what people tell them to do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 5, 1949

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People Computers Tell Only Like

I've been writing since 1973. I've written nonfiction things of that nature, but I'm probably best known for crime fiction and, to some extent, horror fiction.

Joe R. Lansdale

Nature Best Writing Crime Horror

My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism.

Think Appreciate Friends Upset Never

I have never liked haircuts.

Never Liked Haircuts

I have fought to protect those benefits that ensure better salaries for teachers across the Nation such as grants to pay off student loans and funding for Teach for America. Still, we must all do more to show our continued appreciation for our Nation's leading role models.

Appreciation Better America Student

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Nature Sleep Promises Woods Deep Go

I grew up in a household that had its roots in church and community and culture and poetry and song and in the arts. Those aspects certainly shaped what I do.

Community Culture Poetry Roots Song

My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.

Age Day Me Husband Fake Worth

My doctor told me that I'm old, fat, and ugly, but none of those things is going to kill me immediately.

Ugly Me Doctor Fat Old Going

I've never thrown a javelin. What kind of sport is that? It's hilarious.

Jay Chandrasekhar

Kind Never Thrown Hilarious Sport

The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive.

Colin Greenwood

Guitar More Responsive Machine Than

There is a sort of genre of optimistic science fiction that I like, and I don't think there is enough of. One of my favourites is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, 'The City and the Stars.' It's set in this far future on Earth in this somewhat static society and trying to break out.

Stars Future Science City Society

God bless Ray Charles. It was such an honor to meet him and sing with him and actually just to watch him sing from just two feet away.

God Feet Honor Meet Him Two

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