Alastair Reynolds Quotes

In crime, I like Ian Rankin and James Lee Burke. As for historical books, I enjoy Bernard Cornwell, Patrick O'Brien, and C. S. Forester - anything with battleships!

Alastair Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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When I brought home a 98 percent on a test, my father would say, 'Ah, ah, where are the other two points? Go and get them, then bring them back.' My father and Nigerian culture has always stood for excellence.

Jidenna

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I think you always have to use certain parts of yourself in any role.

Joan Collins

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But I am just as appalled that my experience, knowledge, dedication and service relative to defending the United States against biological warfare has been turned against me in connection with the search for the anthrax killer.

Steven Hatfill

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I keep saying this - and I keep putting it off because I get busy - but I keep saying one year I'm gonna tape our Thanksgiving dinner or, like, our Christmas dinner and maybe put it on my website just for people to see how funny it really is, how much fun it really, really is.

Tony Rock

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Science is you! It's your head, it's your dog, it's your iPhone - it's the world. How do you see that as boring? If it's boring, it's because you're learning it from a textbook.

Mary Roach

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You never just do a scene once; you do it an insane amount of times.

Michiel Huisman

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I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.

Michael Sheen

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A journalist who doesn't bring a camera is like a warrior who doesn't carry a sword.

Lucio Tan

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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.

Denis Diderot

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When you know in your bones that your body is a sacred gift, you move in the world with an effortless grace. Gratitude and humility rise up spontaneously.

Debbie Ford

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Will Smith played Chris Gardner better than Chris Gardner ever did.

Chris Gardner

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Deathstroke,' in my view, is a family drama. It's like the 'Sopranos' with super villains.

Christopher Priest

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