George Konrad Quotes
I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.
Quotes to Explore
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I've never been a partier.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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Science fiction writers have usually been very poor prognosticators of the future, either in literary or technological terms, and that's because we're all too human and, I think, have the tendency to see what we want to or, in the case of those more paranoid, what we fear.
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I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something – that may not be very clear to me right now – but that I will do.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight.
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I'm not on Twitter. In theory, I really like Instagram. I think it's a warmer environment. I think, though conversations can erupt that aren't always friendly, you have an opportunity to jump in and redirect and even caution people against language and behavior that I personally object to.
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I'll bet most of the companies that are in life-or-death battles got into that kind of trouble because they didn't pay enough attention to developing their leaders.
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Sometimes when you really try to be earnest, everything disappears. If you really try to make a romantic movie, the first thing that goes out the window is the romance or real passion. It suddenly becomes cute-ville or cozy-ville. It's another world other than life.
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The original idea before Mint was a life and goal planning system I called Carpe Viva. The idea was that all of life's goals, from buying a house, getting an MBA, or learning Spanish could be quantified in both time and money.
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I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a child. You have to defend the life of a child.
