Ted Chiang Quotes

I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction.

Ted Chiang

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You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time.

Jenna Fischer

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I don't have any elaborate uniforms; I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts.

John Cena

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Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

John McGraw

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I don't think I'll be remembered in a big Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin way. I think I'll be remembered in this way: by the people who were there, who can't capture or explain it. I'm not trying to brag or anything. It's not about me. It's about facilitating a good time for everyone.

Skrillex

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I was never one for the passenger seat. I have always wanted my level of entertainment and showmanship to be the same as a frontman.

Tommy Lee

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Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

Romain Gary

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The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves.

Rudy Giuliani

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Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.

Matt Bomer

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I'm a Vietnam veteran. I was here when there was no public support, not just for the effort in Vietnam, for the mission in Vietnam, but for our men and women in uniform.

Michael Mullen

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There should be a pathway to citizenship - not a special pathway and not no pathway.

Jason Chaffetz

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Journalism is irrepressible. It can't be taken away.

Josh Fox

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I'm not very party-political, really; I am more strategic than that.

Cornelia Parker

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