"The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that……" — Kim Stanley
"The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening."
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41 Quotes by Kim Stanley
Kim Stanley has 41 quotes on this site.
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You can't get any movement larger than five people without including at least one flippin idiot.
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Very few people ever bother to find out what other people really think. They are willing to accept whatever they…
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Humans were still not only the cheapest robots around, but also, for many tasks, the only robots that could do…
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Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.
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The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a,…
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Each of us have a gift, you see, given us freely by the universe. And each of us with every…
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The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic…
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When Reinhold Messner returned from the first solo climb of Everest, he was severely dehydrated, and utterly exhausted; he fell…
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It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.
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Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.
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An excess of reason is itself a form of madness
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It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it…
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The most obvious feature of the brain is that it is not homogeneous, but composed of different regions. There are…
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Everything that's rock n roll is ever meant to be is happening now. I need to get over the shock…
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You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
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I must say that the Katrina response does help me better understand the situation in Iraq, ... The best bet…
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A problem only exists if there is a difference between what is actually happening and what you desire to be…
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Now, we don't really believe these things - intellectually we know better - but we believe them viscerally, and live…
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Cultivating a generous spirit starts with mindfulness. Mindfulness, simply stated, means paying attention to what is actually happening; it's about…
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Well that's true, and what is actually happening now is that there are accusations that those records contain conspiratorial information…
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Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and…
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By letting go of what you thought was going to happen in your life, you can enjoy what is actually…
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I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an…
— Herta Muller
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
— Barry Manilow
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