Poul Anderson Quotes
'I've heard assorted rhapsodies about humankind going to the stars, of course. Who hasn't? Each of them founders on the practical problems.' 'The fish that first ventured ashore had considerable practical problems.'
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I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me.
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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Earl Nightingale has inspired more people toward success and fortune than any other motivational speaker on the planet.
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You get more insight as you get older, on everything.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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First, we will focus on the privatization of small and medium sized enterprises, followed by the medium size industry and then we will move on to the heavy industry.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them.
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I used to work for an SOE. The wealth I created didn't belong to me. In other words, I was only managing money for the country and the people.
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I have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business.
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To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.
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How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
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Status based on wealth is an old-fashioned idea; I find it repugnant, actually.
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...why should our self-appointed instructors assume that because we do not chatter about a thing, we have never heard of it?
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I still have a dream of one day - I would love to hire a semi-retired contractor and just build a house - him and I building a house for me. I would truly love to do that.
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My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is important to permit those emotions and let that energy drive you and inspire you to move forward.
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Technical problems are like gremlins. They come and go.
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A good example is far better than a good precept.
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I do think you can change the past and the present somehow. Even if something has already happened, it doesn't mean it's settled.
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Along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox—the single most worthy path of the fearless mind . . . .
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Take life slowly and deliberately, making sure to acknowledge the people who have helped you succeed along the way.
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'I've heard assorted rhapsodies about humankind going to the stars, of course. Who hasn't? Each of them founders on the practical problems.' 'The fish that first ventured ashore had considerable practical problems.'
