Nancy Kress Quotes
Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.
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There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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I really don't know life without wrestling.
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We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.
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Honestly, I'd love to say I live this amazing Hollywood lifestyle, but actually, I'm at home with my same friends and cooking. I crochet, I do watercolor. I think what surprised me the most is that that isn't the lifestyle everyone necessarily lives.
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It is capitalist America that produced the modern independent woman. Never in history have women had more freedom of choice in regard to dress, behavior, career, and sexual orientation.
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I have asked my mom and my sister a couple times if I should post something or not. Or if they think a video is funny.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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There is no God. There's no heaven. There's no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms eat you.
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With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.
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The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into the story. They will try to set up the characters, they will try to establish things before the plot actually starts.
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There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.
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A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most of the films are like application forms with the formulaic ideas of Hollywood.
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Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
