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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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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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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We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom; second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous; and third, that there is little the world's democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries.
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
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Try to acquire the virtues you believe lacking in your brothers. Then you will no longer see their defects, for you will no longer have them yourself.
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Only the noble of heart are called to difficulty.
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The development of faith in the Lord is an individual matter. Repentance is also an individual matter. Only as an individual can one be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. Each of us is born individually; likewise, each of us is "born again" individually. Salvation is an individual matter.
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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.
