Charles Tillman Quotes
This is my third year in the league and it's my first time in first place. It's feeling pretty good. I'm going to savor the moment.
Quotes to Explore
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
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Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.
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I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.
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For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I think my darkest days were probably when I was catering. I would go to these parties and pass out hors d'oeuvres, and it's like you're invisible. I remember one catering captain told me that all you are is a tray that comes into their space for a moment and then you leave. It was one of the most depressing things I've ever been told.
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I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
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I've been a big fan of Joe Hill ever since his first novel, 'Heart-Shaped Box.'
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When I do a horror or a fantasy film it all boils down to something in the script that surprises me. It could be a big thing or a small moment. If it's there I'll do it.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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I did a whole lot of work before taking up my first movie. From TV commercials to Telugu films, I learnt a lot from them all.
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From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the only thing left for me to do was to try to be the best writer in the world.
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I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.
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I can't imagine childhood without 'Planet of the Apes.' I was nine or ten when the first one came out.
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I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited.
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Someone asked me the other day, 'What is your most memorable moment in your career?' and by far, China was. Being so close - the medal race was one part of the story, and there were a few incidents through the event that amounted to that massive drama at the end that cost us the medal.
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Since there is no place large enough to contain so much happiness, you shrug, you raise your hands, and it flows out of you into everything you touch. You are not responsible. You take no credit, as the night sky takes no credit for the moon, but continues to hold it, and share it, and in that way, be known.
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Recent studies have shown that our creativity is increased by 60% when we're walking. I encourage my workshop participants to write at their desks but think on their feet.
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Every disease is a musical problem; every cure is a musical solution.
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This is my third year in the league and it's my first time in first place. It's feeling pretty good. I'm going to savor the moment.
