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.
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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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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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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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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 just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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My old man tried to force on me a notion of what it was to be a 'man.' And it destroyed my dad.
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For me, I never take a job thinking it's going to grab ratings or that it's even going to be a success. I don't. I just take the job because I love the character. Or I love the script. Maybe I love the director. But whatever I do, I never think about how it will do. That is not in my hands.
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I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.
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There's no job too big to benefit from a small town person's perspective, I discovered, just as there's no town too small for thinking big.
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I don’t think I’ve ever done a great job and there are no parts I’ve played that I can point to as great. I’m not a fan of myself.
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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.
