George R. R. Martin Quotes
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
Naftali Bennett -
The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
Walter Lippmann -
The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
T. Boone Pickens -
I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
Walter Isaacson -
You shouldn't try to manufacture progress.
Sam Altman -
When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
Mahmoud Darwish
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
Uri Geller -
I never feel there's anything I can't do.
Daniel Clowes -
It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
Usain Bolt -
By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
Adam Grant -
As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
Katee Sackhoff -
My little boy, West, and my wife, they're my rock and that's the thing that keeps driving me to do better at what I do professionally. There was a time in my career where I had been on this huge roller coaster ride and I'd really got in the spot where I could've hung up it and just been a songwriter.
Randy Houser
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Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
Eddie Rickenbacker -
There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
P. J. Harvey -
I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
Hale Irwin -
In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
Hack Wilson -
But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
Aaron Neville -
You can collect all the plastic bottle caps you want as long as you give me the money so we can get off this death trap, find somewhere else and have tremendous fun screwing that up as well.
Felix Dennis
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I don't know what to say really - except that you look immortal and I look bereft.
Peter Greenaway -
Even the pallid daughters of Albion forget for a moment their Pre-Raphaelite poses by burying themselves in the sonorous sortilege of the Antilles.
Alejo Carpentier -
Writing for theatre is certainly different to writing an essay or any other kind of fiction or prose: it's physical. You're also telling a story, but sometimes the story isn't exactly what you intend; maybe you uncover something you had no idea you were going to uncover.
Sam Shepard -
As soon as I started dancing at 14, I knew I was always going to be a professional dancer.
Anton du Beke -
'The New 52,' I was really excited that new people got to jump in on books. In particular, on 'Aqua Man.'
Geoff Johns -
Writing is hard. I mean, I sit there and work at it.
George R. R. Martin