Walter Jon Williams Quotes
It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
Quotes to Explore
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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We're just going to be ourselves, and we're just going to cross our fingers and hope that people like it. Because that's all you can do.
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I went to a couple of Rangers games at the Garden, and someone at the NHL had seen me and figured I was a fan and decided to approach me about having a blog during the playoffs.
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This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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I choose parts because I don't want to be embarrassed when the movie comes out. What if my friends were to see the movie? What if my niece or nephew wandered into the theater and saw the movie? I don't want to be too ashamed of it.
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Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.
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It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it.
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You gotta make your own fun (Audience member cheers). That's right, listen to that mother of two, she knows what I'm talking about.
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...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.
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Are you kidding? They had me at 'Star Wars.' The kid inside me would've clawed his way out and strangled me if I'd turned this job down.
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It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
