David Weber Quotes
I think it's like that for people who don't remember 1969 first-hand. It's that sense of 'old hat.' Of 'been there, done that.' Space shuttles, space stations, communications satellites, GPS - they're all part of our everyday, taken-for-granted world in 2009, not part of an incredible odyssey.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.
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After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.
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I cannot say something different to one person and then another.
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What good is a wall without framed art? It is like the equivalent of the accessories that you choose to wear to decorate a black dress - precisely the stuff that makes the wall/dress you.
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It's crucial to choose your work place - some places lend themselves to you and others don't.
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I think it's like that for people who don't remember 1969 first-hand. It's that sense of 'old hat.' Of 'been there, done that.' Space shuttles, space stations, communications satellites, GPS - they're all part of our everyday, taken-for-granted world in 2009, not part of an incredible odyssey.
