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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I might really have gone round the bend. I mean people who get visions and see a gigantic light descend on them from the sky can't be all there but if so I feel mighty happy. If one is happy and cracked it's much better than being unhappy and sane.
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If most women are looking for security, I think men look for adventure.
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But however the forms of family life have changed and the number expanded, the role of the family has remained constant and it continues to be the major institution through which children pass en route to adulthood.
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I really love 'Cold Song.' If anyone really listens to that song and thinks about their life, there's a lot of good material deep down in there. I think if you listen to the lyrics, it may take you on some sort of a journey.
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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.'
