Matthew Reilly Quotes
When I started writing, I was reading people such as Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton, who did 'Jurassic Park,' which is possibly the most action-filled book you'll read, apart from mine, and I said to myself, 'Why aren't these guys doing big-scale action like you would see in a movie?'
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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The relationship between ARMgold and Harmony continues to develop and grow.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
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If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes.
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The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight hardware, including spacesuits and spacecraft comfort assuring systems, were designed mostly by men and for men.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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The best thing about running is that you can eat a lot and still feel OK.
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Obviously with every new album we make, we always have to believe in it and feel we've gone in the right direction.
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I want to change as many lives as I can, I want to help as many people as I can and I want to let people know that serving and doing for people is not outdated and certainly not overrated!
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Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?
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When I started writing, I was reading people such as Tom Clancy or Michael Crichton, who did 'Jurassic Park,' which is possibly the most action-filled book you'll read, apart from mine, and I said to myself, 'Why aren't these guys doing big-scale action like you would see in a movie?'
