Bruce Feiler Quotes
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The reforms proposed by the Patent Reform Act of 2007 are precisely the type of congressional action needed. The Act will remove obstacles to growth and restore balance to the patent system.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I wouldn't just have other people write songs and me go out and sing it. I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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It's the way you ride the trail that counts.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
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When a man is ill it is not
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I'm competitive, and I love to create challenges for myself. Maybe that's not always a good thing. It can make life complicated.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I will persist until I succeed. I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.
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Every writer dreams of writing a book that will touch people.
