Simon Mawer Quotes
When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course - but you don't need academic depth.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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You have to make the mistakes and have those failures in order to learn from them and grow and improve... But for me, the best way to combat any of that beating yourself up or overanalysing, the most important part is always to be prepared to the best of your ability.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.
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As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
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Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
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I know that 'boots on the ground' is a scary phrase and that the Western world has gotten used to sterile attacks.
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Although skin color is undoubtedly the most salient signal of racial identity in America, other actual or imagined bodily features have also been seen as distinctive markers of Negritude. These include the shapes of heads, feet, lips, and noses as well as the texture of hair.
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I was born in South Bend, and I've been a Hoosier all my life.
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In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.
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I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.
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I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.
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I think it's very hard to write things about being joyful. I find that quite difficult. I think when you're happy, you don't want to write songs; you just want to enjoy being happy.
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There's no such thing as multitasking.
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I really didn't like 'Done With Mirrors.' I really didn't like 'Just Push Play.' Then there are other records I really think were good for their time, like 'Toys and Rocks.'
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Planned Parenthood had better hope that Hillary Clinton wins this election, because I guarantee under President Jindal, January 2017, the Department of Justice and the IRS and everybody else that we can send from the federal government will be going in to Planned Parenthood.
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If it's a tight division race, there could be some interesting games.
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A single tree in the tropical forest in the south of Mexico has more different species than some European countries.
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Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.
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Writing's a great skill, but thinking's a better one.
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When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course - but you don't need academic depth.
