Dan Simmons Quotes
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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I'm not a fan of people romanticizing their loved ones in death.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.
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My dad was a football player - a soccer player - for Manchester United, and I loved playing football, but I also happened to be the guy in class who was pretty good at sight reading. My teacher gave me scripts, and I was very comfortable.
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I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.
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I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.
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My heart reaches out to those whose loved ones were lost on MH17.
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I do think Jesus would skip church on Sunday morning and instead visit the nursing homes and retirement homes where so many have abandoned their loved ones.
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Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
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I've always loved Def Leppard, ever since I was little.
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I read the script for 'Guncrazy' in 1985 and loved it because it was one of the few scripts I'd come across that revolved around a strong female character.
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A lot of the things that loved ones say to each other, friends would never accept.
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When I was really little, I loved Whitney Houston. I thought she was the prettiest thing in the world.
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I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.
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I know everything about Michael Jordan.
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
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There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
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Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.
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I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks.
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Every athlete at his peak is going to perform with a different mental cocktail. I thrive in the underdog, reserved, it's-not-over-till-it's-over mindset.
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I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.
