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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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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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 made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
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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 think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they can instill you with confidence and allow you to try things out and not feel like you're failing or that you're doing it wrong.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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When we have a favorite writer, it's always the places where they grew up, lived, worked, and that they recreated on the page that we most want to visit and commune with. Faulkner's Mississippi, Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles, etc. The mind of the reader longs to be somewhere, not just anywhere, and certainly not nowhere.
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Sports commentating is the answer for a restless brain like mine. I can never get bored because there is an infinite amount to know.
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The single hardest part of leading any organization is knowing what is going on. There's too much noise in the system, too much complexity: you absolutely depend on people speaking up and raising concerns.
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I was not surprised to wake up alive. I suppose one is surprised only when one awakens dead.
