David Eddings Quotes
I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

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I'm used to very low-budget situations. In 'The Exploding Girl,' we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn't have trailers.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge success in Omah Shoes, which is also in Taunton. I've got such small feet - three and a half - but I always find my size there.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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I like things simple.
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The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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I'm working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, she's a smarter and better editor than I am.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a good film.
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It was a real sort of synergistic 'Aha!' moment when I started acting.
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I watch what I eat and drink.
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As I get older, I find that cardio is less important to me. What I want to do more of is intense stretching.
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I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.
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I have a slightly bad back, which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.