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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I'm not from a maple producing area and so my maple syrup credentials are very much of the eating side.
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Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were there as part of an event. When you're a songwriter, you are the event. So it's a little bit of a different focus.
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It's not scary to make a horror film because you get to pull back the curtain and see that none of it's real. When you're watching one, the terror bombards you.
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I am a huge supporter of the Waxman foundation.
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To see a hillside white with dogwood bloom is to know a particular ecstasy of beauty, but to walk the gray Winter woods and find the buds which will resurrect that beauty in another May is to partake of continuity.
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I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.
