Paul Di Filippo Quotes

Only a minority of science fiction dystopias attempt to plumb the real existential roots of oppression, the flaws in humanity's nature that undermine our best attempts at organizing ourselves into social units.

Paul Di Filippo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 29, 1954

Topics

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I want to be the most eligible bachelor in New York City.

Andreja Pejic

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The goal is to have to do the shot again because the camera guy shook a little bit as he was laughing. Without that happening, I'm not happy because there's nothing better for me than a world that everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.

Matthew Perry

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To you people out there, you producers and you network owners and you agents and you creative sparks, please give transgender talent a chance. Give them auditions. Give them their story. Do that.

Jeffrey Tambor

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It strains credulity to suggest that an agency charged with gathering intelligence affecting the national security does not have an 'intelligence interest' in drone strikes, even if that agency does not operate the drones itself.

Merrick Garland

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Bonuses balance my budget in New York City. The bigger the bonuses on Wall Street, the more money I had to spend on poor people. The New York City budget is determined greatly by the bonuses given on Wall Street.

Rudy Giuliani

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Every product you have ever loved was a compromise from the ideal vision of its creators to the realities of shipping on time, on budget, and on price point. Anyone who has ever manufactured a physical product that had to be on the shelves for Christmas shopping knows how painful these choices can be.

Jay Samit

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Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

Clive James

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I asked questions when I was a stripling, and it is not my business to ask questions now, but to teach people what I have discovered.

Apollonius of Tyana

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No face is 'correct,' but when you figure out how to emphasize and celebrate your own features with makeup, it will show.

Aquaria

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Even the sheep are afraid of me.

Ariel Sharon

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One has to learn to say, 'Wait, there is a pain that is not logical. I will do a scan, and if there is something serious, I will stop immediately.' If the body sends a message, you have to listen to it.

Sylvie Guillem

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I think, at a certain point, it's better for women not to have any alcohol because it can make your face, breasts and midsection get very bloated.

Sharon Stone

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