S. M. Stirling Quotes
To take life was to understand your own death--that the Hour of the Huntsman also came for you.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. And then this little piece of information - this little tweet - came to the forefront of my mind.
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'The Unity Band' project has been life-changing for me. I have led many groups of talented musicians, but this is unlike anything else.
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My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible for them. Or wish I could will away whatever, you know, the sadness they will feel when I die. But for me, nothing. The world goes on.
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What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning.
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Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success.
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The more determinedly I exist, as myself, within the conditions of the time, the more clearly I shall hear the language of the past, the nearer I shall feel the glow of its life.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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In films I might look glamorous, but I've been in hair and make-up for two hours.
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'Six Feet Under' was so much about life. Sure, it had a lot to do with death, but that's the fun - that now I became a dead person.
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Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that.
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I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.
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I could care less about the radio or the TV or album sales. I want that connection with people because when I'm able to walk down the street, I want them to feel like I've done something for them and helped their life because I've never felt that way about a musician.
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I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.
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In my next life, I'm going to be a rock star. I was a ballerina in my last life.
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Silence is also conversation.
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You’re not going to suck.’’ ‘‘Not at the guitar, anyway,’’ Shane said, deadpan. Claire punched him in the arm. ‘‘Ow.
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If you move furniture all day, if you're a construction worker, if you have a job that's real physical, this idea that there is a sport that involves the kind of conventional, traditional view of toughness, you see that still as a positive thing.
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From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women determined to change the course of the future for themselves and their families.
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Wasting away again in Margaritaville, searching for my lost shaker of salt.
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To take life was to understand your own death--that the Hour of the Huntsman also came for you.
