Dan Simmons Quotes
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Yes, I took up the guitar when I was about 14 or 15, in high school.
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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We should honor Mother Earth with gratitude; otherwise our spirituality may become hypocritical.
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Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did.
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I had my father, and he was an amazing man and an amazing role model, so I always wanted to mirror that.
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I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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Being surrounded by love and people that care about your heart is the dream. That's what I would like on my last day.
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Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.
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If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections.
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We anticipate countries increasing their spending on infrastructure like railways, airports, power plants and ports. Our heavy forging plant has the capacity to cater to each of these segments.
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I'm a dad, and I can tell you it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
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If you want to get along, go along.
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Imagination needs to be fed.
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I've seen it again and again in my consulting: Most teams are too large to be innovative, despite their leaders' best intentions.
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I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
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I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid, too, so I got the best of both worlds by taking books up trees and reading there.
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No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
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It has been universally recognized, in all authentic teachings of mankind, that every being born into this world has to work, not merely to keep himself alive, but to strive towards perfection.
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The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.
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Whenever I was on the pitch, I always tried to win.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
