Nancy Kress Quotes
Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Aesthetically, I don't really like the blond, tan thing. I am pale. So I may as well embrace the pale. Long, blond hair and a bad spray tan is the stuff of my nightmares.
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It's my deepest interest as an actor: I love discovering how human beings work, how their flaws reveal themselves - how to learn and grow from that - and how characters teach me things as a woman and as a parent.
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My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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You have friends, and they die. You have a disease, someone you care about has a disease, Wall Street people are scamming everyone, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. That's what we're surrounded by all the time.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Imagine Him smiling down on you right now. Embrace His love. Remember, you are His most prized possession, the apple of His eye!
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There are competing studies on how much crime drops or doesn't drop when there are strict rules on gun possession and sale. I don't think there's any question that New York City's very tough laws have reduced violence.
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I never lie to my fans.
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I don't like John Terry and I never have. He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby. He's also a Cockney.
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You have to be able to be a good loser. You have to be okay knowing you're going to fail every day in something without getting mad and upset.
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What counts the most for women is having the confidence to make your own money.
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I don't know if Yves St Laurent likes my work but Pierre Bergé does.
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Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'
