Ian Cameron Esslemont Quotes
I've come to understand that the truth isn't really what's important...what really matters is what people agree is the truth. -Greymane
Quotes to Explore
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Ozzy has dyslexia.
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I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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Skateboarding was the only thing I was ever good at. Growing up, I was doing that from, like, dusk till dawn.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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Kids called me 'Skeletor' as a kid because I was so skinny.
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I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.
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I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.
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My mother taught me how to love.
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People in their forties, fifties, and onward enjoy the whole world of books in a different way than the Internet-age kids do.
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Some people live life and others talk about it.
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I've come to understand that the truth isn't really what's important...what really matters is what people agree is the truth. -Greymane
