Dan Simmons Quotes
Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.Dan Simmons
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
Valerie Simpson -
Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
Daniel Bryan -
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvation. Even if they're murdered, beaten to death, imprisoned - that's what you do for God.
Daniel Everett -
Government is waging war against the people.
L. Neil Smith -
I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning them is definitely an experience - to get up there and make a speech. Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.
Walter Murch
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
Young Jeezy -
I always had confidence in my game.
Zach LaVine -
Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
H. L. Mencken -
I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
Fetty Wap -
Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
Vida Blue -
I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.
Paris Hilton
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To be a veiled Muslim woman on screen is a very scary minefield for me.
Yasmine Al Masri -
The thing about Parsons compared to the other schools is that it really teaches you how to be a designer, whereas some of the other schools teach you to sketch or teach you the technical skills. But the curriculum at Parsons when I was there was how do you put a collection together, as well as all the technical stuff. It's the best training.
Narciso Rodriguez -
Every record we do, we do one song we didn't write.
Zac Brown Band -
You pray for yourselves and just ask God to guide you and to give you strength.
Ben Carson -
Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.
Charles Spurgeon -
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
Benjamin Franklin
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... but every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood.
Betsy Lerner -
Riding a bicycle is the summit of human endeavour - an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy.
Jeremy Corbyn -
My husband and I met on OKCupid. We went out on our little coffee date, and I knew right away he was my husband. He's a handsome, smarty-pants architect from Tokyo. On our first date, I said, 'I wake up like this. I'm Pollyanna Sunshine, and I'm not for everyone'.
Geneva Carr -
I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances.
John Sculley -
Most mothers entering the labor market outside the home are naive. They stagger home each evening, holding mail in their teeth, the cleaning over their arm, a lamb chop defrosting under each armpit, balancing two gallons of frozen milk between their knees, and expect one of the kids to get the door.
Erma Bombeck -
Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.
Dan Simmons