Rachel Gibson Quotes
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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People say, 'Are you going to be beating up one side or the other side?' It's everybody. It's the entire education establishment that is in power.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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I think, like any artist, those baby songs are not the best things you've ever written, but they count because they're you're first attempts at creating art and expressing yourself.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.
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Many young men in the 1960s and 1970s came to reject some of the traditional ideas about manhood that many of their fathers tried to pass down - like unquestioning respect for authority even when that might mean killing and dying for questionable or unjust causes such as the Vietnam War.
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My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, I'm an independent filmmaker.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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I'm not a flying fan. I can't bear it.
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I studied classical guitar in school, and that type of stuff has led to writing for Kronos.
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Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad.
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The decision of the Supreme court has fell still born, and they find that it cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.
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I don't think I've been too optimistic. The government believes the contraction will be around 1.5 per cent, as the central bank said. However, we're waiting to see the Commission estimate.
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Most Americans are close to total ignorance about the world. They are ignorant. That is an unhealthy condition in a country in which foreign policy has to be endorsed by the people if it is to be pursued. And it makes it much more difficult for any president to pursue an intelligent policy that does justice to the complexity of the world.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
