Brad Anderson Quotes
I'm drawn to a story partly based on the fact that it's something I might not be as familiar with.
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
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Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
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Maybe I've lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I'm getting old every year, and eventually they're going to be right. There's nobody in this game that's doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career.
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No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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I believe in 'soulmates,' especially growing up and seeing how much my parents loved each other. They always said that they had been married in past lives, too.
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I certainly didn't have a nanny.
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It's better to be honest about your opinions than to pretend you don't have them.
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The constant in all the businesses I've become a part of is taking what I do and making it real for everyone. I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.
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I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.
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You have to respect your opponent.
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When I eat biscuits, I also eat grits.
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It is not a disaster to discover that you are not the person you assumed you were. To the contrary, it is the beginning of the end of disaster. Experiment: How you feel if you were neither a success or failure in life? How would you feel if you were neither popular nor unwanted?
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We see what we have always seen. If it seems, it is.
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On the fifth day following the murder of the ship's officers, land was sighted by the lookout. Whether island or mainland, Black Michael did not know, but he announced to Clayton that if investigation showed that the place was habitable he and Lady Greystoke were to be put ashore with their belongings.
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It's pretty awful being told you're a racist.
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I have a heart to love all the world; and like Alexander I wish there were yet other worlds, so I could carry even further my amorous conquests.
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I never really had a strong accent.
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You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.
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The faith-based thing is really important for me. There are certain situations that I would not have been able to make through without the promises He makes and gave for us.
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I'm drawn to a story partly based on the fact that it's something I might not be as familiar with.
