Martha Wells Quotes
I do like to write about characters who aren't just starting out, who have had adventures before, who have had a past they aren't that happy looking back on.
Quotes to Explore
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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I like snakes. I like hummingbirds. There's nothing on earth I don't like. Frogs. Salamanders. The bunnies, the giraffes, the hippopotamuses.
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I was a tomboy.
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In my household, a Trapper-Keeper was too expensive - we had plain old three-ring notebooks - and I always wanted a Trapper-Keeper.
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One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.
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Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day.
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I'll proudly stand with one of the great leaders this state and country have ever produced: Rick Perry.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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You can't be in love with a Google search.
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You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
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Palabras que me dijeron en otros tiempos, las oigo hoy.
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In 303 CE, the Roman emperor Diocletian declared war on the Christian church and instigated the most massive persecution it ever endured. In 312 CE, the emperor Constantine himself converted to become a Christian. In 391 to 392 CE, the vehemently orthodox Christian Theodosius declared all pagan practices illegal and in effect made Christianity the state religion of Rome. With the growth of Christianity came moments of heightened intolerance. Sometimes this intolerance erupted in ugly acts of violence, suppression, and coercion. Christians were not, of course, the only intolerant people on the planet. They themselves had been the victims of violent coercion early in the century.
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Self-loathing doesn't keep me from being happy. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle.
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We created Pure Flix to make uplifting and inspiring content on a consistent, ongoing basis, so audiences would truly have an alternative to what Hollywood puts out. Pure Flix produces faith and family films, so the audience is the entire family.
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I have neither time to live nor to write. I am therefore cheating my art by stealing a few evening hours to write this most inadequate and negligent reply to the courteous and elegant letters of yours.
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I do like to write about characters who aren't just starting out, who have had adventures before, who have had a past they aren't that happy looking back on.
