George R. R. Martin Quotes
As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.
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I tend not to look back. It's confusing.
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The art of boxing is seeing spaces and being able to take shots. The hitting and being hit have to become one. Your reactions have to be so in the moment. There's no time to think.
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When I find someone who is worth it, I'll be nice and respect that person and put some time in.
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Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today.
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For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.
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A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
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It is no use describing a house; the reader will fix the scene in some spot he knows himself.
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The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.
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Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.
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The king himself has followed herWhen she has walk'd before.
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When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.
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Growth and progress are related, for there is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.
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A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified, From the Marxist point of view, which expresses the historical interests of the proletariat, the end is justified if it leads to increasing the power of man over nature and to the abolition of the power of man over man.
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I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood' to be flogged publicly.
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I'd Like to beUnder the seaIn an octopus's garden with you.
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'90s fashion is awesome. Best of both worlds - you had power pop, like the Spice Girls and Shampoo. But then you had Nirvana and Hole. And you also had '90s dance music like N-Trance, who kind of blended both.
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My way is to look forward, not back.
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Everyone says TV's going down the tubes, and it's all reality, but there's some really good writing and some amazing opportunities if you're lucky enough to throw your hat in the ring.
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You can't always get what you want.
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Francis seems familiar because Catholics have already known him in the Vatican II priests who have been their pastors and sacramental ministers over the years since that council brought new life to an old church. Catholics have known him in the bishops and priests who brought the spirit of the council to their dioceses and parishes.
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As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.
