Bernard Cornwell Quotes
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I definitely had to do some soul searching, and there would be a lot of times where I would sit back and look at the Internet and say to myself, 'This is a way of being able to communicate with all my fans all over the world, other than just being in New York and only hearing the New York side of things.'
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Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off... we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
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I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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There was this cereal, and it had a special promotion with a CD inside the box that had a really simple music-making program on it. I got it, and that opened my mind to being able to make music on a computer and seeing all the different layers.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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It's funny because everyone says, 'Oh you're reclusive; you don't do social media,' but it's not about being reclusive. I like direct contact, and I like contact that's purposeful.
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If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.
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I've never been on a television show as a regular before.
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Jackie Chan is a myth.
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I think a lot more people are starting to understand the power of YouTube.
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I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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Conventionality is not morality.
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Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely.
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It is a mistake to separate learning for work and for community and personal development.
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I think the world's just gone completely mad, with everyone wearing the same things, even celebrities.
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By far the most important factor in the success or failure of any school, far more important than tests or standards or business-model methods of accountability, is simply attracting the best-educated, most exciting young people into urban schools and keeping them there.
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'Learning is sacred ... it goes above boundaries.'
