Laura Anne Gilman Quotes
He checked, of course. Being sure and being willing to risk that surety against his future were not the same thing.
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?
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There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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I don't mind going back to daylight saving time. With inflation, the hour will be the only thing I've saved all year.
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This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their properties. Now their biggest enemy is the army of lazy bums, whose lifestyle of indolence and hedonism, financed by crippling taxes on the rich, is sucking the lifeblood out of the economy.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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Although labor income is by far the largest component of gross national product, a job is not just a commodity. For many, work is an important reason for living. Even for those who are less fortunate in their allocation of work, being unemployed is a miserable state.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on.
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The bottom line is that the impacts of climate change can exacerbate resource competition, threaten livelihoods, and increase the risk of instability and conflict, especially in places already undergoing economic, political, and social stress.
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Do I care about clothes and stuff? Not much. It's a bit sick, isn't it, people spending all that money on clothes? I'm too stingy. I wouldn't pay £100 for a shirt.
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He checked, of course. Being sure and being willing to risk that surety against his future were not the same thing.
