Francois Nars Quotes
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Obviously it makes a difference if an author has a public online profile of some sort, even just down to the level of having a moderately popular blog. Most books sell 5, 10, or 15 thousand copies. Most are midlist books. With those people, even a modest online presence can make a difference in sales.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I like to fight, and I think the fans want to see a good fight, too.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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Our Nation must provide sufficient access to healthcare, adequate benefits, and the supplemental resources our veterans were promised and so dearly need. We owe our heroes no less.
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My father had very little formal education.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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Read good books. Read bad books - and figure out why you don't like them. Then don't do it when you write. If you are a science fiction or fantasy writer, going to conventions and attending panels is very useful.
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A lot of people use social media to share mundane things or for self-glorification. I try to use it to share interesting things with people.
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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
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It's always important to invest in young talents and the talents of tomorrow.
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Transience is what is normal. The problem is that we are busily trying to create political structures and cultural expressions that deny that and to deny that is to deny the basic idea of what is human.
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In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts.
