Eric Brown Quotes
The market for short stories is hard to break into, but a magazine editor isn't always looking for big names with which to sell his magazine - they're more willing to try stories by newcomers, if those tales are good.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
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I have my dad's shape. No booty.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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The American public got to see for themselves every day, all day, how this trial progressed. There's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works.
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I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.
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I always draw from things around me that people around me have gone through... The story that could be taken really literally is not from my life exactly. But bits and pieces are, and the sentiment behind it is.
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When I did '1,2,3,4' on 'Sesame Street' they'd rewritten the song and made it about counting. At first, I balked. I was like, 'Counting to four? That's where we're going with this?' Then they sent me appearances by other people like James Blunt doing 'You're Beautiful' as 'My Triangle.'
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Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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I am the worlds laziest writer.
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Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.
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That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.
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I know a lot of procedurals have huge viewership, yet they're never nominated for awards.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the 'old stuff.'
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I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
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Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles.
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The market for short stories is hard to break into, but a magazine editor isn't always looking for big names with which to sell his magazine - they're more willing to try stories by newcomers, if those tales are good.
