#nate

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. ↗

— Greg Egan

#bit #far-fetched #given #hadn #happened

Having lost people when they were young, you feel intimately acquainted with mortality, I guess. Though I procrastinate worse than anybody. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#anybody #feel #guess #having #i

Well I do think there are people who are habitually negative and depressed and take the opposite approach because they imagine the worst, and their minds become dominated by that. They let their own emotions and expectations transform their perceptions of the world. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#because #become #depressed #dominated #emotions

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. ↗

— John Boehner

#ban #critical #democratic #democratic leaders #earmark

Rent-control laws disproportionately benefit the non-poor because the elite pull strings, work the system and are better connected than the non-poor. ↗

— Larry Elder

#benefit #better #connected #disproportionately #elite

It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really. ↗

— Johnny Knoxville

#common sense #doing #get #hurt #i

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#atkins #been #chet #enough #fortunate

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#between #break #experience #fortunately #friends

For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic combination that nobody has hit upon before. ↗

— Brian Eno

#before #called #combination #established #fairly

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#continually #controversial #difficulty #distinguishing #fascinated