David Weber Quotes
It hadn't really percolated through my brain that I was going to see real, live TV from the surface of the Moon, and boy, oh, boy, had that Saturn V launch been exciting! And then, there it was - late at night, sitting up, watching, and there was Neil Armstrong actually standing on the surface of the Moon.
Quotes to Explore
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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My opinion can be completely different after a show.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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There isn't quite a feeling you get from playing video games that you get when you're playing sports, which is like a sense of euphoria. You just get the satisfaction of doing something active and feeling good after.
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A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's like, you can't see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it. Other people were encouraging me singing, but this was the first time that I could see myself writing songs and playing guitar.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo.
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Posterity will know as little of me as I know of posterity.
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You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.
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TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.
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Be where the world is going.
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It hadn't really percolated through my brain that I was going to see real, live TV from the surface of the Moon, and boy, oh, boy, had that Saturn V launch been exciting! And then, there it was - late at night, sitting up, watching, and there was Neil Armstrong actually standing on the surface of the Moon.
