William Cowper Quotes
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I loved publishing; I loved working in the book industry, but I've been writing pretty much nonstop since I was 19. I realized very early on that I would need a day job, and I wanted one that was in books.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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What ObamaCare did was take some of the things we did for the poor and expanded the government to basically the whole marketplace.
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I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard.
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South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.
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I grew up all over Idaho - I was born in Emmett, a very small town.
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The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene.
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There's no reason music should be difficult for an audience to understand.
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The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.
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Theorists can be wrong; only nature is always right.
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I like to think readers appreciate a well-drawn near-future as well as a well-drawn far-future.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
