Alastair Reynolds Quotes

A lot of science fiction is very accessible and very readable, but a lot of people are justifiably put off by the covers of spaceships - though that never put me off.

Alastair Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.

Jewel

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If I'm half as good as everybody said I am, I'm far too good to be wasting time with ordinary people. But I seem to be spending my life with ordinary people, who are the best people in the world.

Stan Lee

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I love history, so I do a lot of movies about history.

Steven Spielberg

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When I taught a civil rights class at the University of Maryland Law School, I would do an exercise with my students. I'd write 'civil rights' on the board and ask them to tell me what immediately came to mind.

Tom Perez

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Like any business, the oil industry runs on the basic premise of supply and demand. The more supply - the lower the price. The higher the demand - the higher price. In other words, the more people who can buy oil, the higher the price of oil.

Ron Wyden

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TV is going to be more tailored to you, and the traditional experience of coming in in the middle of a show will be part of the past.

Roy Price

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The podcast revolution has taught us that women's voices aren't just pleasurable to listen to, they are essential.

Michelle Dean

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The poet has no greater number of muscles than the ordinary conversationalist; he merely has more highly developed muscles and better coordination. And he practises his activity according to a stricter set of rules.

Louis MacNeice

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But over a period of time It's the melodic things that are in my head all day.

Jonny Greenwood

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It feels like Radiohead are famous, but that no one knows who we are. Which is brilliant, really.

Jonny Greenwood

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When I wrote 'Dear Fatty,' I realised that sitting and writing alone is an absolute joy.

Dawn French

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It was tough times in Ohio when we lived there. My dad was between unemployed and just selling random knickknacks at a flea market. My mom was a cashier at a Chinese food restaurant. They both had awesome careers back in Taiwan, and they came here for my sister and I.

Chieh Huang

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