"One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments."

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Source : "Collected Essays". Book by Rudy Rucker, www.rudyrucker.com. April, 2012.

Rudy Rucker

#Nice Quotes #Rude Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“You know, my basic theory about kids: they are monsters in children ziploc suits, which they discard when they go to school each day.”

Source : Douglas Clegg (1989). “Goat Dance: A Novel of Supernatural Horror”, p.49, Alkemara Press
“I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!”
“The average American salesmen keeps 33 men and women at work - 33 people producing the product he sells . . . and is responsible for the livelihood of 130 people.”
“I define my sexuality in terms of the people that I love.”
“Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”
“I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough I sit down to spin during the news-broadcasts, with therapeutic results.”

Source : Elizabeth Zimmermann (2012). “Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac: The Commemorative Edition”, p.76, Courier Corporation
“When you fight, if it is a real fight, use every tool that you have, use your whole body. Use your fists, your legs, your fingers, your head if you have to, and hit them in every vulnerable spot, the balls, the eyes etc. to win.”
“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings as now in October.”

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