"A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic."

-- Robert J. Sawyer

#Trying Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Should Quotes

“If quarrelling be really the renewal of love, theirs had been renewed once a day at all events, and frequently much oftener.”
“By offering individuals ownership and control of their health care coverage, we return control to the patients; and that is exactly where it should be.”
“Running and science draw on similar traits - stamina, ambition, patience, and the ability to overcome limits.”
“It must not be supposed that the subjective elements are any less 'real' than the objective elements; they are only less important... because they do not point to anything beyond ourselves...”
“Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be.”
“It seems to me that at 19 or 20, a young man is burning to be great at something. I was. You have a vision that's beyond the neighborhood. You want to make a mark while you're alive. You don't know exactly your future, but you want to be great at it. And greatness is an important word. And you dare not tell anybody how extreme and how burning are your visions, because you don't want anybody to mess with them”
“At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.”

Source : "Comedians and their parents: Nina Conti and father Tom". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2013.
“My belief is that PowerPoint doesn't kill meetings. People kill meetings.”

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