Samuel R. Delany Quotes

One of the more depressing things about reading your fiction 25 years later, or 10 years later, is you realize the only things going on are things you made go on. Strange and interesting and new and wonderful things don't happen. It's the book you wrote; that's all.

Samuel R. Delany

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 1, 1942

Topics

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As attractive as it is, the idea that nature can exist beyond our dangerous 'instinct for happiness' is never the whole story.

John Burnside

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On every side, and at every hour of the day, we came up against the relentless limitations of pioneer life.

Anna Howard Shaw

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I can get on with all different sorts of people, and I never feel homesick, particularly, or I've never felt kind of patriotic towards any one country.

Andy Serkis

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If my mama and daddy would've stayed together, one of them would've been dead, and the other would have been locked up for it.

Trick Daddy

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As an actor, you are always looking for roles that will challenge you, and when I came upon Aung San Suu Kyi, it wasn't just about that but also about stepping into the shoes of someone who means so much to millions of people.

Michelle Yeoh

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I think I've had extremes of being unable to exist outside of my own head, and then I only am existing for other people... There's a middle ground where I should take care of myself and other people.

Lucy Dacus

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Most of the musical film work that I have done has been in this realm of what I think of as real family entertainment.

Jason Alexander

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We need to encourage and reward those who play by the rules.

Chuck Fleischmann

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Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

Twyla Tharp

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If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.

Tom Araya

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In Texas money goes further, with one of the lowest costs of living, one of the lightest tax burdens as a percent of income, and one of the lowest debt-per-capita ratios.

Mark McKinnon

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My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.

Just Fontaine

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