Andy Gilbert Quotes
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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Socialism requires that government becomes your god.
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.
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A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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I hate how late we have our Olympic Trials, always have.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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For me, the love really flowed when I found out the baby was a boy. That's when I could finally bond, once I knew 'it' was a him.
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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Marriage is something I'd recommend everyone to try, if you find the right person, of course.
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Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.
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Honesty stands at the gate and knocks, and bribery enters in.
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It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always have a chance to make a difference. You can always make a change for the better no matter what background you derived from. You can always do your best and be all that you can be because you will always be uniquely you. It is why it is always wise to listen to your eternal heart, your eternal instincts, and what it had always strove for and/or to do because really anybody can make a difference not only in their own lives but in the lives of others. It is never too late to shine; never.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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No one can keep you down except yourself.
