The SF genre, of course, is really an organically evolved, marketplace-determined, idiosyncratic grab bag of themes and signifiers and characters and icons and gadgets, some of which hew to the realistic parameters and paradigms embraced by science, others of which partake more of fantasy and magic.
Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather than a six-draft writer, or whatever.
I want to be very careful about judging and how much to generalize about the use of media being pathological. For some people, it's a temptation and a pathology; for others, it's a lifeline.
That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
The African greats who were playing when I was growing up inspired me - players like George Weah, Abedi Pele, Tony Yeboah, Kalusha Bwalya, and all the others who made Africa proud.
When things get better, there's a swing to the pendulum where things get worse for others.
Pressed by the Obama administration and consumers, Kraft, Nestle, Pepsi, Campbell and General Mills, among others, have begun to trim the loads of salt, sugar and fat in many products.
Pictures artists staged their own images or copied or cut out others already in existence. The viewer took them in separately, in sometimes paradoxical waves: an original image, then the manipulations of it, then the places where image and idea intersected. This created a crucial perceptual glitch that irony and understanding filled.
When one person says, 'Yeah, me, too,' it gives permission for others to open up.
I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.
I learned from my dog long before I went to Gombe that we weren't the only beings with personalities. What the chimps did was help me to persuade others.
There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
I've fallen prey to my fair share of moments of the phobias of others and the way that that can become an attack.
When it comes to physical strength, someone may have a stronger upper body than lower body, or a stronger right arm compared to the left arm. Similarly, we're likely to excel in some areas of mental strength while struggling with others.
As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.
