Philipp Meyer Quotes
When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we think of it as mythology, not as real people interacting with other real people, we ignore the cost of human lives and blood.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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Novelists should be like scientists, dissecting the cadaver.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.
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My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
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For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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When liberty returns, I will return.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.
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I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before the show and just cruise.
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Men! The only animal in the world to fear.
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It would have been impossible, completely and entirely, for any woman to have written the plays of Shakespeare in the age of Shakespeare.
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I think a lot of Americans are not sure which side Washington is on: the side of banks or the side of the people.
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If people had no fear, you'd hardly need to have to teach them. It's the fear that screws everything up.
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My sisters were very successful and confident. It was, 'Oh, you are Pippa's brother! Are you Catherine's brother?' And so I was automatically put into the top sports teams and academic sets.
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When we think of the myth of the settling of the West, this is our creation myth. But because we think of it as mythology, not as real people interacting with other real people, we ignore the cost of human lives and blood.
