"Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode."

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Source : Brian Wilson Aldiss (1995). “The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy”, p.72, Syracuse University Press

Brian Aldiss

#Confused Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Definitions Quotes

“The only thing I want from my money is to die in comfort.”
“My kids and I figured out that thereâ€™s a third kind of person, and I donâ€™t know what you call them, but itâ€™s somebody who sees that the glass is always full because itâ€™s half full with water and half full with nothing, so thatâ€™s the third kind of person. I donâ€™t know what it is.”
“Mike Trout is unbelievable. He's one of the best players in baseball right now, if not the best.”
“Sometimes people call folks here at the Simple Way saints. Usually they either want to applaud our lives and live vicariously through us, or they want to write us off as superhuman and create a safe distance. One of my favorite quotes, written on my wall here in bold black marker, is from Dorothy Day: "Don't call us saints; we don't want to be dismissed that easily”
“Words have always been political, and that means that, in many people's minds, dictionaries are political. Because that's what dictionaries do: they do words.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I think actresses are imagined to be these subjects of great vanity. Life is change; physicality changes. It's transient, and that's a beautiful and a painful thing.”

Source : "Uma Thurman On Acting, Turning 40, And Ex-Husbands: “My Aim Is True”, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.
“Patience has never been my strong suit.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“D.C. is a hard city to grow up in. I couldn't find my footing there. Also, I got a late start academically, and I was dyslexic.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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