Walter Jon Williams Quotes
If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.
Quotes to Explore
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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I don't mind being interviewed on television or radio.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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Time is generally the best doctor.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.
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I was considered an ugly duckling.
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I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
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I think people have a misinterpretation of Method acting, because Method acting is a wonderful thing. The thing is, if you take it too seriously, it's like religion. You start to think it's the truth. But it's not the truth. It's just a way to get somewhere.
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He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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The story of 'A Dog's Purpose' flowed into me a set piece. The entire book was just there, as if I were connected to a streaming service, a novel wholly formed of character and plot. This has never happened to me before or since. I prayed for help and I got it. A gift.
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Clothes are such a strong part of who a human being is.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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That's what technology does to you - makes you lazy but allows you to innovate.
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Glasgow is certainly a place where they will tell you if they don't think you are anything special.
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If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.
