Jim C. Hines Quotes
I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
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I'm always happy when I hear about people selling records or selling books or selling movies. It makes me proud of them.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
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I think lots of ideas are sometimes in our heads without us quite, you know, knowing it.
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Out of the depths, O Lord, out of the depths,' begins the most beautiful of the services of our church, and it is out of the depths of my life that I must bring the incidents of this story.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd put those royalties into other artists. And interestingly, streaming is most of the income for those artists.
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It's so great in Hollywood now. You have people past 40 sitting and talking about serious stuff, writing and making movies and TV, but there's laser pistols and superheroes and alien monsters involved. It's viable and mainstream.
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Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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A sociopath is not just someone who doesn't care about human emotion. They're someone who understands people to the point that they can manipulate them to an extraordinary degree.
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A lot of the tabloid stories are written so well, they're very clever and very funny. But you have to focus on what's really important and not read them - don't dive into it and don't get caught up in it.
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Most teachers, when surveyed, say that it is part of their job to help students develop things like grit. This is especially true at the elementary and middle school levels. They feel it's part of their vocation to teach other things that are not formally academic content.
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I always take things step by step and match by match.
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I met the Coens here a few years ago and they said they liked my work.
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The needs of a society determine its ethics.
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I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
