Elizabeth Moon Quotes
There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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Whether or not we establish freedom rests with ourselves.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski's personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Information is not just something you download from the Web. The way trees grow and where birds choose to live are much better signs of water quality than all the data being collected by the EPA.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Part of the reason why Kobe Bryant is such a big inspiration to me is because he was shipped off to the Lakers right out of high school. He went from English class to the Great Western Forum.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.
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There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
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I was born near a station. The first things that I saw in my life were the moving locomotives and trains, and I drew them as a three-year-old. Perhaps it is because of this that observations of movement are my impetus for my inspiration to create. Out of this I receive a creative experience of life, which is the source of creativity.
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Poe tried alcohol, and any drug he could lay his hands on. He also tried any human being he could lay his hands on.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.
