Joe Haldeman Quotes
I think any writer keeps going back to some basic theme. Sometimes it's autobiographical. I guess it usually is.

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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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He rejects the New World Order established at the Cold War's end by the United States. Putin puts Russia first.
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That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me.
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We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.
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An important notion in Indian political thought that is of great value to Hungary is the idea of peaceful development.
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I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.
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I love the concept of community energy.
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Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
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I think it's good to live an artful life.
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What I really honestly want is just to be working steadily... I would love to just be on a great TV show and have it run for awhile.
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The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.
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I think that in order to get better as an athlete and to see whatever kind of results you're after, you have to make goals. Whether you write them down or tell someone about them, it's important to set goals for yourself in order to achieve any kind of success.
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My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.
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Everything about the music industry takes away from you as an artist. They're always wondering what the next thing is: 'What do you have?' It's a very introverted process.
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My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.
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I have failed at times, but I never stopped trying.
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Only Ponzi schemes should depend on confidence. Governments should never need to 'restore confidence.' Cascading rumours are a product of complex systems. Governments cannot stop the rumours. Simply, we need to be in a position to shrug off rumours, be robust in the face of them.
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Human reason has the peculiar fate in one species of its cognitions that it is burdened with questions which it cannot dismiss, since they are given to it as problems by the nature of reason itself, but which it also cannot answer, since they transcend every capacity of human reason.
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My biggest surprise is probably the level of involvement of all the artists in Valerian who participated at every level.
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Many of us enjoy going to ball games and watching them on television. I am no exception. I love to watch a good athletic contest. If we spend excessive time with sporting events, however, we may neglect things that are much more important.
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A film just doesn't involve actors, a director and a producer, there is also the cameraman, the sound engineer, the music composer, the lyric writer. So many people come together to make a film. When we all feel satisfied with the film that we have created it's a win for all of us.
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I think any writer keeps going back to some basic theme. Sometimes it's autobiographical. I guess it usually is.