Laura Anne Gilman Quotes
Talent alone is not enough. In the end, Guardian, it is desire that creates a master vintner, makes him into a Vineart. A passion, not for power, or strength, but for the grapes themselves. Anything else leads to ruin.
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I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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Design firms and progressive companies rely on many of the same tools: rapid prototyping, observational research, creative thinking, collaborative work environments, and multidisciplinary teams.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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It is the mainspring of life, courage. And courage has many faces.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
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The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.
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That's the thing, though: It doesn't matter how much you've done or who you've played with. Do you have the passion?
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Y'know, I realize that George W. Bush is an asshole, but don't judge all us yankees by the actions of our government. Remember, he didn't win the popular vote so it's not entirely our fault!
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It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.
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Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.
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Talent alone is not enough. In the end, Guardian, it is desire that creates a master vintner, makes him into a Vineart. A passion, not for power, or strength, but for the grapes themselves. Anything else leads to ruin.
