S. M. Stirling Quotes
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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September 11 awoke us to the threat of terrorism. It was forever bookmarked in our history as the day when life as Americans knew it, changed forever.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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I've always wanted my own fragrance; Avon pairs with the way I think: what they do and represent, what they do for women, and the good causes such as domestic violence, and breast cancer.
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I'm 68 and a half years old; I grew up with newspapers; I love newspapers; I love the news business. I started CNN; I'm a journalist and proud of it.
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I had a very brilliant father who was not only intellectual, but was street-smart and very curious to boot. The day I found out that he didn't know everything, I grew up. It was a shock. I just thought that the man was the end-all of everything, and he knew the answer to everything. Then I found out I'd have to find out my own answers.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
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People had an idea of what R&B artists or pop artists usually say, which was like, 'Talk about sex, talk about partying, and be positive; don't be too much of a downer.'
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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What is the art world? I never really understood. I started doing this stuff to do what I want to do. Not to be this or that.
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We are all losers in comparison to Malala Yousafzai. But we are not all geniuses. Like me.
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I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
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The trouble with asking questions is you sometimes get answers you don't wanna hear.
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I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.
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I record stuff all the time, like little vocal things. I write random things down... Sometimes I just get things stuck in my head and I record them, and that actually becomes a song quite a lot of the time.
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Sometimes you're working in highly emotional scenes and you'll get lost in the moment. You're having fun with your friend at work. It's an opportunity to give to them as much as they've given back to you.
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Sacredness grew like a pearl, sometimes around the most unlikely bits of grit.
