Walter Jon Williams Quotes
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Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.
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Developing new products is labour- intensive. So is producing the capital goods needed to make them. These jobs disappear when innovation stalls.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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Working manually is not considered bad in the U.S.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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An old building is like a show. You smell the soul of a building. And the building tells you how to redo it.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Facts are, directors are not thinking of me; they think I only act in my films, because they're stupid. Or they think I'm a control freak, that I will try to, I don't know, pimp their scripts and just change everything, which I will never do.
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Typically diagnosed during childhood and adolescent years, juvenile diabetes, also referred to as Type I diabetes, currently affects more than 3 million Americans and more then 13,000 children are diagnosed each year.
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With 'Carousel' I had an idea and it all came out quickly.
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Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it.
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I never thought I was the most beautiful model out there or the most sexy woman, but I was a hard worker.
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Police in Washington D.C. are now using cameras to catch drivers who go through red lights. Many congressmen this week opposed the use of the red light cameras incorrectly assuming they were being used for surveillance at local brothels.
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How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
