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Adam Roberts

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Quotes by Adam Roberts

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This is what happened. Pay attention.
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I never liked the news; it pretends to be all different, every day, when in fact it is all the same.
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Our habits of thought are stronger than strait-waistcoats. We walk about with habit-coloured spectacles before our eyes, and see everything as we are accustomed to see it.’ He.
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A realist writer might break his protagonist’s leg, or kill his fiancee; but a science fiction writer will immolate whole planets, and whilst doing so he will be more concerned with the placement of commas than the screams of the dying.
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a horribly dangerous precedent, a wrong-headed conservation policy propelled by the circus and zoo, trophy-hunting lobby in the United States and others who want to profit by the commercialization of live animals or dead ones.
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International courts are not a preferred option, but limited to cases where national justice is not available. In this case there seems sufficient reason to think that a national court can handle the matter.
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The offense got clicking in the second half, and we didn't hold up our end of the bargain.
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The young guys, they're excited because it's new to them, ... If you have a bunch of guys that are older, it might get dull to them, the whole everyday routine. But these guys, they're playing new positions. They're so hyped up, I feel young like them. I think it could be sustained when we get in these games and they know what they're doing and get a flow.
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Scoop is a business person concerned with status, wealth and his place on the social ladder.
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Both sides thought that the status quo was not good enough.
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