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black calling world
If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black. Alan Watts
black-and-white periods recreation
Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. Alan Parker
black magic mind
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of power and prestige. That is a disservice. Magic is very colorful. Of this, I am sure. Alan Moore
black done facts
The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of reeducation and regeneration that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front. Chinua Achebe
black ships peter
That is the Wasp, yes. But it was captured by Black Stache, and he’s coming for this ship now.” “And how do you know that?” asked Slank. “Did a seagull tell you?” This brought chuckles from the crew. Something like that, thought Peter. Dave Barry
black laughed ifs
If Black Stache laughed, you laughed. If he snarled, you snarled. If he breathed in your direction, you ran for cover.
black-and-white computer fascinated
It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated. Buffy Sainte-Marie
black taught moments
At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson
black movement yards
I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking. C. L. R. James
fiction flash
I don't do flash fiction. Charles Stross
fiction science-fiction conventions
I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. China Mieville
fiction geek fantasy
I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek.
fiction fantasy weirdness
One of the things that I love so much about fantasy and science fiction is that the weirdness that it creates is always at its best completely its own end and also metaphorically and symbolically laden.
fiction type inferiors
There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them. David Morrell
fiction plausible
Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction David Mitchell
fiction different process
Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes. Chad Harbach
fiction-stories world common
What do my science fiction stories have in common with pornography? Fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world, I'm told. Kurt Vonnegut
fiction narrative moments
Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative breaks in curving towards the watcher on the shore. Edith Wharton
generally generous grants perception wiped
The perception is that it is more generous than it is. Grants are generally only for those that are completely wiped out or uninsured. Brent Neiser
generally
If I have a reason to do something, and I have enough passion, I generally succeed. Leander Paes
generally green military style uniforms
When you think of the military that's generally what you think of, green style uniforms and green style armory.
general hire job run
The owner's job is to hire the general manager. The general manager's job is to run the hockey team.
general happy sit talent
We're not going to sit back and let this continue. We're not happy about what's going on, and I know Mr. Geoff Petrie (the general manager) is not happy either. We have too much talent for this. Rick Adelman
general leave
We're going to leave that to our general manager. Sure, I'd like to have Clemens back. Phil Garner
generally
Yes, and it's generally on. And I won't tell you what it's on, Richard Armitage
generally high return
We're generally opposed. We feel there is already a high return rate. Jim Harrison
generally good hire
If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen. James Sinegal
rare-person listening-to-others want
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear. Dick Cavett
rarely
I don't wear perfume, and I rarely wear jewelry. Karina Lombard
rarely
Rarely ever see or meet the writer during shooting. Tom Skerritt
rare scary
This was a scary and rare occurrence, not a pattern. E. B. White
rarely
When in doubt, one can rarely go wrong by going public.
rare stuff work
We need to work for a day when police shootings are rare and not the stuff of our daily news.
rarely
I'm a believer in the polls, by the way. Rarely do you see a poll that's very far off. Donald Trump
rarely
Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done. Brandon Boyd
rarely
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards. Albert Einstein
science uniforms taste
In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied. Charles Caleb Colton
science disorder cures
No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.
science mind cost
The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.
science tolerance religion
We are not clear as to the role in life of these chemicals; nor are we clear as to the role of the physician. You know, of course, that in ancient times there was no clear distinction between priest and physician.
science judging hammers
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.
science animal mph
Scientists tell us that the fastest animal in the world, with a speed of 120 mph, is a cow dropped out of a helicopter.
science simple water
Here's a simple experiment that you might want to try if there is absolutely nothing else going on in your life. All you need is a cork, a bar magnet, and a pail of water. Simply attach your magnet to your cork, then drop it into the water, and voilà (literally, "you have a compass")-you have a compass. How does it work? Simple. Notice that, no matter which way you turn the bucket, the cork always floats on top of the water (unless the magnet is too heavy). Using this scientific principle, early hardy mariners were able to tell at a glance whether they were sinking!
science years careers
I ... began my career as a wireless amateur. After 43 years in radio, I do not mind confessing that I am still an amateur. Despite many great achievements in the science of radio and electronics, what we know today is far less than what we have still to learn. David Sarnoff
science oxygen breathe
Freedom is the oxygen without which science cannot breathe.
women resentment consequence
Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.
women flower sun
Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.
women want ornaments
Modesty is the richest ornament of a woman ... the want of it is her greatest deformity.
women intellectual female
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male.
women doe attention
The plainest man who pays attention to women, will sometimes succeed as well as the handsomest man who does not.
women modest bashful
Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
women decorum length
Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.
women said mould
She's the sort of woman now,' said Mould, . . . 'one would almost feel disposed to bury for nothing: and do it neatly, too! Charles Dickens
women want today
You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women. Alan Jay Lerner