Arthur Leonard Schawlow Quotes
It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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Eighteenth-century matrons would have never have dreamed of appointing a redhaired wet nurse for their precious offspring - redheads passed on their horrible characters through their milk.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.
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Find fault with thyself rather than with others.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
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Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.
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'The morning after I die. And the first 12 copies go to the Inland Revenue'
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I think that being read to every night is the reason why I was plowing through volume after volume of 'Nancy Drew' books all by myself by the time I reached the first grade. I loved stories. I loved the escape. I had a vivid imagination.
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I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.
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Ulysses ... is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt succeed where sweetness and light failed, a simplification of the human character in the interests of Hell.
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Without the perpetual counterfeiting of the universe by number, man could not continue to live.
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It seems to me that when confronted with the marvels of life and the universe, one must ask why and not just how. The only possible answers.
