Paul Di Filippo Quotes

War has always been a part of science fiction. Even before the birth of SF as a standalone genre in 1926, speculative novels such as 'The Battle of Dorking' from 1871 showed how SF's trademark 'what if' scenarios could easily encompass warfare.

Paul Di Filippo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

Maya Angelou

InspirationalRainbowSomeoneCloud

Getting married is great, and I feel really good away from the court, and my private life and stuff is good. But you still need to train and work hard. Like, I didn't go on a honeymoon after we got married; I went to Barcelona and trained for 10 days to get ready for the clay-court season. It's been good, but you still have to put the work in.

Andy Murray

LifeWorkGoodGreatWork HardYou

What's interesting when you see 'Black Panther' is you realize it couldn't have been directed by anybody else but Ryan Coogler. It's a great adventure movie, and it works on all those different levels as entertainment, but it has this kind of cultural through-line that is so specific that it makes it universal.

John Singleton

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Life would be pretty boring if I didn't explore. It's about letting my ears take me on an adventure to soak in everything I can.

Trombone Shorty

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Learning all the intricacies, all the nerd elements to 'Twilight' was really fun.

Toni Trucks

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I sent my personal check to the Planned Parenthood of Northern New Jersey. My wife and I do every year.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

WifeYearNewPersonalCheckJersey

The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed.

Mick Taylor

BlackMusiciansAmericaYouBlues

At one point in time or another, everyone's an outcast, and you have to deal with those sort of issues in society. Especially for teenage kids, I don't think there's anyone that's really been through childhood and not been an outcast in one way or another.

Luke Mitchell

TimeChildhoodSocietyThinkYou

A 1920s dress I wore on my 21st birthday... literally disintegrated on me. I had the most wild debauched night. And that disintegrated dress sits in my closet - such a great memory.

Liz Goldwyn

BirthdayGreatDressMemoryMeWild

You know what the doctors call me? 'The Cancer Warrior.'

Dick Dale

MeWarriorYouKnowCancerCall

You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

Dierks Bentley

LifeGoodLiveLive LifeHandsYou

I love spaghetti. And I like to cook spaghetti. And I used to eat it every day. I weighed thirty pounds more than I do now. You can't - you can't do that.

Christopher Walken

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