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 first dunk was actually in sixth grade.
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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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In 2003, I had the pleasure of acting in three films.
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When Andy Kaufman performed, he was not just trying to be funny. He was playing with the notion of what it means to try to be funny, of what it means to be an audience expecting somebody to be funny. He was doing a dance and playing a game.
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When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego ... things will happen to us so that we don't know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in.
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When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.
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I greatly admire Justice Thomas. I think he is incredible, and he is very humble. He is rarely heard from. But his spoken word is powerful. He's an example of everything that is right about this country, just like with Ben Carson.
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I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.
