David James Duncan Quotes
My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
David James Duncan
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
Fedor Emelianenko
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I'm not strict on my calorie count; I just pay attention to my body.
J. J. Watt
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
Zach Galifianakis
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu
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Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
Garth Nix
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High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
Walter O'Brien
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
Jack Osbourne
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
Fran Lebowitz
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
Kate Winslet
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
Nancy A. Collins
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I tell you, in this country, you don't get much of an education. Throughout high school, through junior college, which is all I went, I didn't know anything about the annihilation of all the Indian nations that were here.
Yuri Kochiyama
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There is no book that has had as much opposition as the Bible. Men have laughed at it, they have scorned it, they have ridiculed it, they have made laws against it.
Adrian Rogers
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It's funny landing parts now where I'm somebody's mum. I remember the first time I was asked to play a mum. I was easily old enough, but because I didn't have any children, I thought, 'That seems really grown-up.'
Natasha Little
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When I grew up, I never – I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.
J. R. Smith
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I had seen images of Crystal Renn and Sophie Dahl growing up, but I didn't really know about the plus-size fashion industry or how lucrative it was or, like, that it was changing or that I was even invited.
Paloma Elsesser
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Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.
Anthony Rapp
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My books are inert as cordwood till a reader's imagination ignites one and an old flame jumps to life.
David James Duncan
