George R. R. Martin Quotes
I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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I love to cook. I could never give that up.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
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I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
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I was your C student. I paid attention in the classes that were about how to get elected.
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I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
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Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
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It's really fun to just stretch out and not have any boundaries or just try something for the craft.
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Treating everyone with dignity and respect is of utmost importance to me and are values we instill and take very seriously at Mylan.
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All you do is head straight for the grave, a face just covers a skull awhile. Stretch that skull-cover and smile.
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Time ... thou ceaseless lackey to eternity.
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There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back.
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I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.
