"Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!"

-- Larry Niven

#Long Quotes #Needs Quotes #Publicity Quotes

“After studying dozens of sexual assault cases, it is clear to me that the "he said/she said" aspect is a big part of what makes them fraught. Many experts agree with this. But that same fraught nature is reflected in both legal standards of consent and philosophical theories of consent.”
“Angry men have little to live for when their rage becomes ineffective.”

Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado: A Novel”, p.228, Macmillan
“God doesn't promise security from life's storms but security in life's storms. God doesn't always call the equipped, but he will always equip the called. In the long run, avoiding danger is no safer than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
“Everything I have designed is absolutely unnecessary,”

Source : "Philippe Starck and "design is dead"". DIE ZEIT Intreview, www.cnet.com. April 8, 2008.
“Just listen to your instincts. Don't talk to someone or start a relationship out of pity.”
“The song Some Other Time is full of emotion. In wartime, it had a tremendously poignant feeling.”
“Im always in that mode - whenever I have a little free time, Im always recording songs, writing, whatever I gotta do. Its like my job is my vacation.”
“You can't build a plot out of jokes. You need tragic relief. And you need to let people know that when a lot of frightened people are running around with edged weaponry, there are deaths. Stupid deaths, usually. I'm not writing 'The A-Team' - if there's a fight going on, people will get hurt. Not letting this happen would be a betrayal.”

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