George R. R. Martin Quotes
I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.
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My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.
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My stand-up is quite good now, people say. It's just like a big conversation each time. Every gig is a rehearsal.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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Infidelity has always existed, but I feel like it was brushed under the carpet, behind the scenes. Now everyone is at it - and they've stopped pretending they're not.
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Saturdays are set for antique shops. Williamsburg in Brooklyn has some good ones. I get in there and start meddling around with dusty boxes and rickety, worn-in stuff. I like it when I find something with someone else's name on it.
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I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things.
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If it weren't for singing, I don't know what else I would do with myself.
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Hey, if we didn't overcharge for our product - guess what - people wouldn't have to buy used games.
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I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.
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I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
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Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.
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No one knows restaurants like a New Yorker - they're incredibly discerning and restaurant savvy.
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With such enormous bucks devoted to trading in oil and other commodities, the distortions that they cause have been exacerbated.
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I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.
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The chef that grew up with the grandma who cooks tends to always beat the chef that went to the culinary institute. It's in the blood.
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I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.
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At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.
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When making the first album, I think I wrote a song about every six months. The first album was so much about the vocals carrying it.
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My basic mistake in 'The World's Greatest Lover' was that I made the leading character a neurotic kook and sent him to Hollywood. I should have made him a perfectly normal, sane, ordinary person, and sent him to Hollywood. The audience identifies with the lead character.
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The ability for employment benefits to be shared among spouses, the ability to move people who are dependent on visas for trailing spouses, all hinges on being able to deal with families of gay people in the same way that you deal with families of straight people. Otherwise, they can't move around.
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If you have a body you are a dancer
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The Internet is the Wild West of the world, where anybody can throw anything down. Everything can be as relevant as the next thing; it doesn't matter who posts it. In that environment, the Critics' Choice is still very important.
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We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style.
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I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.
