Mary E. Pearson Quotes
I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another.
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Music was a way of rebelling against the whole rah-rah high school thing.
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Science is spectral analysis. Art is light synthesis.
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I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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Science makes no pretension to eternal truth or absolute truth.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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It's easier to release an ebook than a print book.
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I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.
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We need a more strategic, coordinated, statewide plan that identifies high-demand jobs or industries with a projected under-supply and offer training to get these Oregonians to work.
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A comprehensive marketing plan involves both online and offline efforts to use and broaden your existing platform to promote your book.
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When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
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Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.
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I think that young Australians ought to be taking language education much more seriously. I mean, you know, every day I'm meeting people with expertise, ability and talent in fields where I want to learn so much more; science, for example.
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Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads.
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I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.
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Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
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I'm one of those people who doesn't understand how it was that I went to bed at 3 o'clock in the morning or what I was doing. Like, I looked at 'Bon Appetit' magazine for three hours for things I'm never going to cook. Or I'm just on Pinterest for no logical reason.
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I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another.
