E. Merrill Root Quotes
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Afrikaans culture is very right-wing and conservative, very proper, and you get this hidden underbelly, the zef side of Afrikaans which no one knows about.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.
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Rarely do we see immediate use of innovative technologies. I believe that the future is built by small pieces that add up.
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I knew my worth. I knew I could be one of the best 2-guards in the league. I'm not going to be bashful about it anymore.
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It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though.
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Human beings evolved opposable thumbs for a reason. The sense of reward you get from making something with your hands can't be earned any other way. It's obvious that people learn faster from 'hands-on' experience than they do watching someone else do something.
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Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing - and does it well
