Alastair Reynolds Quotes

I'm fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I'm fascinated by the idea of long-lived technologies.

Alastair Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 13, 1966

Topics

EngineeringSteamIdeaFascinated

Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.

Jim Doyle

Just BecauseWashingtonFailKids

People will accomplish anything if they believe the goal is worth it - they are worth it and that they are capable of achieving it - and that's exactly what my 'Maximize Your Life' show will do.

Jillian Michaels

LifePeopleBelieveAccomplishGoal

The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.

Jewel

LiveStrongLanguageBetterProblem

I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.

Joan Smalls

HeightAlwaysEveryoneHalfFoot

I am a late discoverer of 'Friday Night Lights.' I cry every episode at least once. I love to cry - happy, emotional tears. I just love it.

Andy Cohen

LoveI AmHappyTearsNightFriday

I am half Cuban American.

Mel Rodriguez

I AmAmericanHalfCubanAm

Early on, I was so impressed with Charles Dickens. I grew up in the South, in a little village in Arkansas, and the whites in my town were really mean, and rude. Dickens, I could tell, wouldn't be a man who would curse me out and talk to me rudely.

Maya Angelou

ManMeEarlyVillageTalkMean

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

Rose Kennedy

LearningAnxietyPlaceTakeNor

That was really so upsetting when you are trying to pass on some very serious knowledge and be basically, treated worse than a student coming off the street because his father pays the tuition. Come on. Give me a break. This is no school. This is a joke.

Miroslav Vitous

FatherKnowledgeSchoolMeYou

There is a time of reckoning in all our lives.

Lorna Luft

TimeReckoningOurOur LivesLives

George Benson conquered many different genres, from pop ballads to R&B to jazz.

Little Louie Vega

JazzDifferentPopConqueredMany

They developed a platform for me to put up another 12 years, and that was my ticket to Cooperstown. Those were the best years of my life. It was like magic.

Dennis Eckersley

LifeBestMeMy LifeMagicUp

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