Dan Simmons Quotes
I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.
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I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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Thirteen years I took on this last book.
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I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the Ten Commandments.
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The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
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Do good 'cause God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you're not doing it for God, really. You're doing it for yourself because that's what makes God happy.
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I readily concede that a prime minister is not required to speak on every occasion or on every subject, but when there is a duty to speak, silence is unacceptable. Silence can be a strategy, silence can be a tactic, but silence can never be an answer to the ills of our polity and the fault lines of our society.
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Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.
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The race for the White House is normally an event suffused with drama, sucking eyeballs to the page all over the globe.
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I just find that people can waste a lot of time in meetings, so I try to restrict meetings to the minimum that they need to be. But I have lots of time in my day where I am available to have informal conversations, where I grab someone to talk, and people can just walk up to my desk and talk to me.
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In the final analysis, you get what you pay for.
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I like the songwriting. I don't ever listen and then go back and change stuff. For me when I wrote the song, it's always really fun and exciting.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.
