Scott Adams Quotes
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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As a general rule, when you comment on a blog, make it knowledgeable or witty and, most of all, relevant to that post - then, simply sign it with your name and your book title. Resist the urge to brag or sell your book.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
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One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.
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For the professional writer, stories must be presented as a series of individual scenes, each one dramatized with dialogue and telling descriptions of who is present and what they're all doing.
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My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write.
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Though many people mistakenly credit IBM with the first PC in 1981, the Apple II came out four years earlier, in 1977.
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I believe that the fact and the reality of homosexuality and heterosexuality and of opposite and same-gender unions should be taught in our public schools without a value judgement system also being offered.
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I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.
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Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.
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Life is a streamOn which we strewPetal by petal the flower of our heart.
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The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to learn as much as you can about your chosen endeavor.
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For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer.
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Communism was overthrown by life, by thought, by dignity.
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The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out.
