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So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the… — Poul Anderson
In my considered opinion, the profit to be made by permanent settlement in space is nothing less than the survival of industrial civilization, and therefore… — Poul Anderson
I think [religion] is presumptuous and I think it is silly, because it makes you believe that you are less than what you can be.… — Harlan Ellison
The history of books shows the humblest origin of some of the most valued, wrought as these were out of obscure materials by persons whose… — Amos Bronson Alcott
Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job. — Jim Lovell
Fear presides over these memories, a perpetual fear.Of course no childhood is without its terrors, yet I wonder if I would have been a less… — Philip Roth
How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason in… — Aron Nimzowitsch
Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive… — Jane Jacobs
The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to us than the city of happiness. I cannot describe it at all. It… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I do want someone, need someone. Â You're right. Â And, when I'm with you, I feel like I'm a better person. Â I feel… — Naomi Campbell
Men are less hesitant about harming someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared because love is held together by a chain… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're… — Theodore Dreiser
You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts. — George Foreman
No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart. — Giovanni Boccaccio
Even in high school, a rule that permits only one point of view to be expressed is less likely to produce correct answers than the… — John Paul Stevens
You are an eternal being now on the pathway of endless unfoldment, never less but always more yourself. Life is not static. It is forever dynamic, forever… — Ernest Holmes
The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to sabotage your leadership,… — Dan B. Allender
Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do. — Dale Carnegie
Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It… — John C. Maxwell
Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely. — Jim Rohn
I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing… — Meg Whitman
When I write a book, I put everything I have into it; so the more I have, the more the books become. Some people get… — Matthew Woodring Stover
As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films. — Paul Thomas Anderson
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. — Abdul Kalam
Doth any man live more to himself, or less to God, than the proud? — Richard Baxter

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