Eileen Collins Quotes
The people that I have worked with have just been superb, just the finest professionals, people who truly love the space program.
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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We each take up one virtual space per title... Virtual shelf life is forever. In a bookstore, you have anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to sell your title, and then it gets returned. This is a big waste of money, and no incentive at all for the bookseller to move the book.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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We always trend set.
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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
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My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, 'Hey did you know this?' And then I'll be like, 'Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that.' Or, 'That's not even true. I don't know where you read that.' I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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Any negotiated, peaceful solution to the problems between the United States and peoples, or any people of Latin America, which does not imply force or the use of force, must be addressed in accordance with international principles and norms.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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To play vinyl onstage is not my thing. For me, vinyl is for home listening.
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Education is what is left after you've forgotten everything you've learned.
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I'm a competitive person by nature, and I have been in competitive companies, and I love to compete - joining a company where, certainly, there is a real fire in the belly to compete and bring that energy is something I look forward to.
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The people that I have worked with have just been superb, just the finest professionals, people who truly love the space program.
