James Salter Quotes
The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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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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Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.
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It's core to my beliefs now: Sometimes in being given a challenge, you're actually being given a real opportunity, and a lot of that is how you handle it. Do you feel sorry for yourself or do you think, All right! I'll see what I can make out of this? I've had that over and over. If I hang out in the disappointment, I'll just be disappointed all the time.
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In a world in which men write thousands of books and one million scientific papers a year, the mythic bricoleur is the man who plays with all that information and hears a music inside the noise.
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I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.
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I think everybody at some point in time has thought to themselves, 'I have a really great idea for a restaurant.'
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The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.
