George R. R. Martin Quotes
Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're starting fantasy, don't start with a nine-book series.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
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Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.
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The deeper the blue becomes, the more strongly it calls man towards the infinite, awakening in him a desire for the pure and, finally, for the supernatural... The brighter it becomes, the more it loses its sound, until it turns into silent stillness and becomes white.
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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You live these three months in this reality, in this dark reality. You don't want to do those films every year because they're taxing. I started smoking a lot of cigarettes.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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Most people miss the great part mental outlook plays in this game.
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The Capone era. That was my time. Capone was a big baseball fan. He'd walk into the ballpark like the president walking in today, with bodyguards all around him.
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I look at my Twitter feed sometimes, and there's just people tearing apart other performers.
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I never try to be too sexy. People know when you're not comfortable and trying to be sexy.
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I think I'm like The Beatles - I think each one I've done is better than the last one. And hopefully I'll never make a Let It Be.
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Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're starting fantasy, don't start with a nine-book series.
