Piers Corbyn Quotes
Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limits.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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I still write in long hand. I type like a chimpanzee.
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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I always say, dare to struggle, dare to grin.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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Whatever the reviewers feel about 'The Casual Vacancy', it is what I wanted it to be, and you can't say fairer than that as a writer.
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Caregiving requires the intention of love, caretaking requires the intention of fear. Not acting in anger when you are angry requires the intention of love.
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I believe in the institution of marriage; Other than cinema, it's the only way to be immortalised!
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All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.
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Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.
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I've noticed that the more I open up, the more I learn.
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Animals are not just herbivores or carnivores. They are, in the nice coinage of the psychologist George Miller, informavores.
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Why should we add your book to the atomic weapons arrayed against us by our enemies. Publication of your book would help our enemies.
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I try not to read too much because what ends up happening is that you ignore the nice reviews and you just focus on the bad reviews. A negative lesson is learned seven times deeper than a positive reinforcement.
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All of the other books in the series... none of them are particularly like 'Ender's Game.'
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Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.
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You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only...from human relationships. God has placed it all around us...and all you have to do is reach for it.
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Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
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Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limits.
