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Escape is a consumer goods like another


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Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.



Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.



Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.

Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.



There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.

There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.



Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.



My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.



I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.



I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.

I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.



I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.

I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.



In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.

In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.





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What goes 0-300 in less than 2 seconds? Your mother on a scale.



I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?

I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?



There are people in many other states who are cheering us.

There are people in many other states who are cheering us.



I would rather be a rebel than a slave.

I would rather be a rebel than a slave.



The first movies, they just put up a camera and had a train come into a train station, and everybody was amazed. That was sort of all technology.

The first movies, they just put up a camera and had a train come into a train station, and everybody was amazed. That was sort of all technology.



I believe if the viewing of slaughter was required to eat meat, most folks would become vegetarians.

I believe if the viewing of slaughter was required to eat meat, most folks would become vegetarians.



As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.

As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.



My choices in films are spontaneous.

My choices in films are spontaneous.



We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people.

We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people.




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