Ernest Cline Quotes
You were born at a pretty crappy time in history. And it looks like things are only gonna get worse from here on out.
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
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Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of nations.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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I read on the Internet that I was dead.
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My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
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Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
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I have only one real hobby - my husband.
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Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.
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I really empathise with some of my peers who had success in the early years; then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.
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I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.
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I just think of myself as a writer. Yes, I'm a woman. And I'm a writer. The main challenge is that I like to write stories about young women, and society doesn't place much of a premium on young women's stories. And I think that's why I gravitate towards it. I really honor that, and I treasure that time, and they should be given that respect.
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Education must be the only sector that hasn't already been completely revolutionized by technology.
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Christina Hendricks is still one of my favorite people to dress because she has this old Hollywood, vintage quality to how she likes to get ready.
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You were born at a pretty crappy time in history. And it looks like things are only gonna get worse from here on out.
