Dan Simmons Quotes
The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
Dan Simmons
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I couldn't tell the truth if my life depended on it.
Rabih Alameddine
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I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
C. S. Lewis
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
Barbara Corcoran
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How I see my career is very much as an entrepreneur in the field of philanthropy.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
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I used to love, and I still do, Lee Ann Womack. And Alison Krauss. I mean, how many Grammys does she have? She's just remained solid and true and great, and I respect that.
Kacey Musgraves
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Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
Quentin Tarantino
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Japan has really great fans for all kinds of music. I think they're keeping metal alive.
P. J. Soles
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In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all 'poetic' in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist.
Saint-John Perse
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I don't really know what the Great American Novel is. I like the idea that there could be one now, and I wouldn't object if someone thought it was mine, but I don't claim to have written that - I just wrote my book.
Rachel Kushner
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I could have easily never worked again after 'Precious.' I could be back at my receptionist job and no one would be surprised, but I'm having a very crazy little career that no one thought would happen. Although that was never the plan.
Gabourey Sidibe
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I come from not just a household but a country where the finesse of language, well-balanced sentence, structure, syntax, these things are driven into us, and my parents, bless them, are great custodians of the English language.
Daniel Day-Lewis
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I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride.
Ed Koch
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I follow Elle Fanning's career. I really like to follow actors who are a similar age to me. Just to see what they're up to.
Maisie Williams
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Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?
Chris Rock
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Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.
Donald Miller
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I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I've heard.
Taylor Swift
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Cultural comparisons are good because they can tell you about what's similar, but also sometimes they make it easier to see obvious differences.
Jan Chipchase
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The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
Dan Simmons