David Gemmell Quotes
Only a fool loves war. Or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the horrors and remember only the battle lust. They pass on that memory, and other men hunger for it.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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I love Massachusetts for a number of reasons. I once loved a magical girl who lived in a magnificently converted barn, a half-hour or so from Boston. I love your winters. I love the snow.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.
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Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.
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To be a writer was always my greatest aim. I remember writing a play about Guy Fawkes when I was 10. I suppose it's significant, at least to me, that my first work should be about a historical figure.
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One of my favorite things to do is cook. I love taking the time to plan and prepare meals. I try to use all organic ingredients and make everything from scratch.
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
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Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge.
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No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.
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Only a fool loves war. Or a man who has never seen it. The trouble is that the survivors forget about the horrors and remember only the battle lust. They pass on that memory, and other men hunger for it.
