Brent Weeks Quotes
'The Black Prism' is a story of emperors and prisoners and magic set in a Mediterranean, 1600-esque world. It's a fantasy story; it's fast and fun and inventive.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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I feel like sleep is the most important thing. I notice in my body, when I don't get enough sleep on a consistent basis, how I am dreary, or my mood changes, or I'm not as focused.
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If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.
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Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.
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Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics. But, clearly, there are scientific truths to be known about how we can flourish in this world. Wherever we can have an impact on the well-being of others, questions of morality apply.
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Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.
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What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
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I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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I suppose that one of the reasons I wrote 'In Contempt' was because of the money. After the trial I came to realize that there were things that I needed to do if I was to protect myself and my family, so there were some selfish reasons for it.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.
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The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.
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'The Black Prism' is a story of emperors and prisoners and magic set in a Mediterranean, 1600-esque world. It's a fantasy story; it's fast and fun and inventive.
