David Weber Quotes
I suppose I ought to think up some dramatic, quotable phrase for Public Information and the history books, but I'm damned if any of them come to mind. Besides, admitting the truth wouldn't sound too good (...) The truth, Russell, is that now the moment's here, I'm scared shitless. Somehow I don't think even Public Information could turn that into good copy.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.
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The great thing about life - I'd rather not know and just hope I'm happy and healthy and I feel as good about my life as I do now.
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I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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I feel like anyone can be a kid forever as long as you have that mindset and attitude towards the world.
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I never know when chat-up lines are happening! I don't hear them enough. I don't get hit on enough.
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When I was growing up, radio DJs were celebrities, not just the people singing the songs.
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I suppose I ought to think up some dramatic, quotable phrase for Public Information and the history books, but I'm damned if any of them come to mind. Besides, admitting the truth wouldn't sound too good (...) The truth, Russell, is that now the moment's here, I'm scared shitless. Somehow I don't think even Public Information could turn that into good copy.
