David Brin Quotes
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
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Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
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My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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Life is always a problem. The fact that I'm on the radio saying that I don't necessarily see hope does not relieve people, does not relieve my son, does not relieve children, of the responsibility to struggle.
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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I like to see a film and then start scoring it in my mind while doing something unrelated. You just grasp a film and start working, and something unpredictable comes out from a third element. The mind, the more active it is, the more productive it is.
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I'm good friends with Lee Westwood. Bubba, Rickie Fowler. A few of the top hitters.
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There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.
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Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen.
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Man United have shops all round the world. It's a big money spinner plus the fact that they change their strip every five minutes.
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I'm happy to be busy. I'm happy to have a wonderful family.
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'All right,' she said. 'You’ve convinced me. Men are good for something, after all.'
