Fred Saberhagen Quotes
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.
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Everybody has their struggles.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.
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My first celebrity crush... I had a huge crush on 'Cheetara' from 'ThunderCats.'
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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When you turn on the TV, you hear bad stuff, all the time.
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True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.
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Waking up every morning with a company is a lot of pressure. But when you're aware of what other people are waking up with, it's a whole lot easier.
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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason.
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Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it.
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I started writing seriously about 1960, at the fairly advanced age of 30.
