Geoff Ryman Quotes

I work with a lot of scientists, and one of the frustrating things they find is that all this fascinating stuff is being done which doesn't find its way into science fiction. They say look at the science fact pages - they're so much more imaginative than science fiction.

Geoff Ryman

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When a band like Blondie re-forms, you wish them the best.

Joey Ramone

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Tell people that biology and the environment cause obesity and they are offered the one thing we have to avoid: an excuse. As it is, people who see more fat people around them may themselves be more likely to gain weight.

Andrew Lansley

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A lot of us don't want to be quite that serious about world problems. Our life is there to enjoy, not to be an eternal dissident, eternally unhappy with how things are and with the state of mankind.

Robert Sheckley

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No state should have to endure the threat of terrorists entering our borders.

Matt Mead

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The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

Ann Brashares

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If I had a project that I had auditioned for and I was getting close to getting it, I didn't want to tell anybody because I thought then I wouldn't get it, but in reality that really had no bearing on whether or not I got a part.

Amy Adams

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I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer.

Stevie Nicks

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No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music.

Stevie Wonder

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It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach.

Mike Krzyzewski

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I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

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My private joke about 'Luke Cage' is that it's a bulletproof version of 'Lemonade,' and that, essentially, it's a concept album that has a video component.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum.

Christopher Dawson

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