David B. Coe Quotes
Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it was mostly learn as you go.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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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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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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If you're going through friendship issues, I would say, first of all take a step back. How important is the friendship to you? Sometimes, if someone's not being a good friend to you and isn't treating you the way you should be treated, then you kind of have to move on sometimes.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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I think it is widely agreed that Carl Steinitz, over the 50 years he taught at Harvard, has been one of the most important figures in influencing the theory and practice of landscape architecture and the application of computer technology to planning.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.
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'The Pushcart War' is presented as a history of a conflict that has not yet taken place; in each edition of the book, the date on which the hostilities commenced is nudged forward.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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When I was in high school, in my generation, I thought that you got a logical, sensible job, or you got married.
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When people say I'm a star, I don't believe it.
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Artwise, I'm kind of a chameleon. I don't have an established style or anything like that.
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Never try to compel others to change; leave them free to change naturally and orderly because they want to; and they will want to when they find that your change was worthwhile. To inspire in others a desire to chance for the better is truly noble; but this you can do only by leaving them alone, and becoming more noble yourself.
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I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.
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I started writing in 1948 - basically.
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There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, must have respect for the others and not encroach into each other's domain.
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Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it was mostly learn as you go.
