Fred Saberhagen Quotes
I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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I have a great office.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
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If you can believe it, I had no intentions of being a wrestler.
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Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?
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As an Ambassador for PSI and a supporter of Nothing But Nets, I have met individuals around the world who are lending their ideas, their voices, and their time to improve their communities and the world at large. And there are millions more that I have not met.
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Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability.
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I got a little house in East L.A. and did the gardening. I was doing some acting here and there, doing my own thing... getting back to reality.
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I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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In modeling, because you're the center of attention, it builds up people's egos. Sometimes people lose touch with reality. But that happens with acting, too.
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What we all tend to complain about most in other people are those things we don't like about ourselves.
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I'm able to move like no one else you've ever seen in front of a camera.
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As much as I want to go out and tour every single day and I'm ready to rip it right now, there's five people in the band, there's five people who've evolved and grown and there's five people who have to get on the same page and want the same things, and it takes a lot to tour.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.
