Mark Crispin Miller Quotes
All those people whose faces decorate the shopping bags of Barnes and Noble, with a few exceptions, would never get published today.
Quotes to Explore
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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I did two or three plays every summer.
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For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.
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When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.
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Living life as normally as possible gives you a richer well of experiences to draw from.
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I don't like David Blaine, he is the ultimate git wizard.
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All those people whose faces decorate the shopping bags of Barnes and Noble, with a few exceptions, would never get published today.
