Alastair Reynolds Quotes

I watched 'Who' with a mixture of affection and exasperation through the eighties, always ready to cheer on the Doctor but seldom feeling that the series was playing to its strengths. Some of the adventures, revisited on DVD, turn out to be better than I remembered - others just as infuriating.

Alastair Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I had very little confidence in myself as an actress.

Maude Adams

ConfidenceMyselfLittleActressHad

I will continue my involvement in politics through Lord Ashcroft Polls and my political publishing interests: Conservative Home, Biteback Publishing and Dods.

Michael Ashcroft

HomePoliticsPoliticalConservative

I don't like feeling stuck, like I'm not going anywhere.

Ana de Armas

FeelingGoingStuckAnywhereLike

When you're a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you're not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You'll know it's there, so you're going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back.

Steve Jobs

BeautifulYouBackWallNobodyKnow

You have to build a team, but someone's got to lead, and someone's got to be unpopular at times.

Mickey Drexler

TeamSomeoneYouBuildLeadGot

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.

Dirk Benedict

BusinessTodayThinkingPlaceBox

I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux.

Donald Knuth

FamilyTrustMemoryInternetLinux

I don't have the fear of my looks changing.

Bonnie Hunt

FearLooksChanging

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

Bob Woodward

FailureMistakeEarlyCountryError

There's always so much to improve, no matter your age.

Arjen Robben

AgeMatterAlwaysImproveYourMuch

I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.

Tim Kaine

SympathyWinGiftLosePersonGoing

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies.

Richard Le Gallienne

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