Joe Haldeman Quotes
Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there...the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.
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I would love to go help baby sea turtles back into the ocean after hatching in Mexico.
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I've got some incredible fans actually - so loyal and they make me birthday cards and Christmas cards. I got this package of poems and artwork based around the songs. They've got this thing called 'Floetry' where they all have to put in artwork. They've set up their own competitions and stuff which is kind of amazing.
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Military brats have this toughness: they're almost like orphans or foster children; they develop little mechanisms. It sets you up to look at things a little differently.
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Honey, God loves everybody. It's human beings who mess things up.
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There's such a sense of theatre in getting glammed up; it's like putting on a play or short film.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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I feel that I've got the opportunity to set a great role model for girls to look up to a strong, active, compassionate, loving, positive woman, and I think it's so important.
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I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.
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Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.
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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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Some days I wouldn't even go to class. I'd sit in the room and play video games with my friends and eat powdered mashed potatoes.
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I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you should do a cartoon that just punches the reader right in the stomach. It's kind of nice to mix it up.
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You just can't help but sort of think that your life and your career are going to go straight up, up, up.
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Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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Treating an age group as a demographic requires coming up with something that's common to every single one of them. Right?... So it's reductionist in that it reduces an entire segment of civilization down to one person with one habit.
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Growing up, I saw the world as an inspiring place full of interesting people.
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Gymnastics should be popular everywhere; you just need the right person to start the right programme.
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It is fun to do the one-off guest stars on stuff.
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With proper acting, I don't know what I would play - I got sent a script for a play, and it said in the notes that my proposed character was 'hideously fat and ugly'. That made my day. I mean, I do know I am no oil painting.
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Relativity propped it up, at least gave it the illusion of being there...the way all reality becomes illusory and observer-oriented when you study general relativity. Or Buddhism. Or get drafted.
