Joan D. Vinge Quotes
I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.
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As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
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It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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When Bob Wilson left the BBC for ITV, I got the 'Football Focus' job, and it went from there. It came completely out of the blue, but the fact I had a high profile certainly helped.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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I might literally fall over dead if I meet Oprah Winfrey. I'm kind of joking, but I'm not confident that wouldn't happen.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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I did not destroy the 43 volumes of my diary, which report on all these events and the share I had in them; but of my own accord I handed them voluntarily to the officers of the American Army who arrested me.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest; And deal full many a thoughtless blow, To those who love us best. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.
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Talking about muscles. They're like pets basically. They're not worth it. You have to feed them all the time and take care of them, and if you don't, they just go away. They run away.
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No more stress, now I'm straightNow I get it, now I take time to thinkBefore I make mistakes just for my family's sake part of me left yesterdayThe heart of me is strong todayNo regrets I'm blessed to say that old me dead and gone away
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I stopped thinking; I just go out, and everything is in the moment. I just stop thinking and start moving - you just gotta be you.
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I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and had decided that I wanted to write a story with a lot of strong female characters in it.
