Brandon Sanderson Quotes
'Of course not,' she agreed, 'You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.'
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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If there's a strange way to do something, I would certainly like to know about it. I feel that I owe that to my public.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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The PLO and the Palestinian people adhere to the renouncement of violence and rejection and condemning of terrorism in all its forms, especially State terrorism, and adhere to all agreements signed between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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I'm always confident when I sign up for a project that it's going to be good. That's why I sign up for it.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.
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Our country has often stood like a solid rock in the face of common danger, and there is a deep underlying unity which runs like a golden thread through all our seeming diversity.
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One of the main secrets to staying young is staying healthy. I've sometimes had to suppress a smile when some young lady, who has obviously not taken care of herself through diet or exercise, says admiringly, 'Ooh, I hope I look as good as you do when I'm your age!' Although it's intended to be complimentary, it's actually a back-hander.
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General histories-there have been a few that have served as pioneering books.
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I'm fully aware, fully on, and fully kind of designing everything that goes on with me. Anything that's happening is definitely on my table.
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My goal is to be the tough negotiator but... not to air differences through press releases.
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'Of course not,' she agreed, 'You are nothing if not exhaustive in your self-congratulatory made-up logic.'
