Nancy Kress Quotes
If your reader has been given a rousing opening, he will usually then sit still for at least some exposition. But be sure to follow that chunk of telling with one or more dramatized scenes. That's much more effective than being given section after section of telling.
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
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I'm trying hard to keep my Australian accent. My mom would disown me if I didn't.
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I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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I've dealt with a lot in my life.
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I have one of these bodies. When I was younger, I could never put weight on, and now that I'm a little older, there's a natural sort of chubbiness coming. But honestly, if I work out for a week, it drops off in no time.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I think the silences we have on some issues are inductive of the fact that we need to write about them more, but I think there are some issues you have to write in a sensitive way and in a way that respects the reality of the situation. If you can't do that, you should leave them alone.
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Younger customers are the future, but older customers have the money. So you need both: one for the present, and the other for the future.
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If Bret went in there and stunk the place out, then they probably wouldn't have brought the little brother in. So just by being successful himself, it opened the door for me.
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I am a Westerner of Westerners!
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Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.
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I went through a phase where I loved tattoos, and I loved the feeling of getting tattooed.
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I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.
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The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games.
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I was born Roman, and I'll die Roman. I'll never leave this team or my city.
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I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.
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Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.
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A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
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I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.
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Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.
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I think God has it written down for me, that without training and working hard you will never achieve desired results. All three times I have had to toil my way into the Olympics. Talking about pressure, well that is something you have to learn to deal with in sports.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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If your reader has been given a rousing opening, he will usually then sit still for at least some exposition. But be sure to follow that chunk of telling with one or more dramatized scenes. That's much more effective than being given section after section of telling.
