Brandon Mull Quotes
It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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Competition is like a treadmill. If you stand still, you get swept off. But when you run, you can never really get ahead of the treadmill and cover new terrain - so you never run faster than the speed that is set.
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People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.
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I don't even make multiplayer games much, so dealing with multiple characters is something new for me – or, rather, something I've had to recall from my days as a roleplaying adventure designer where the party was everything!
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I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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Hydrogen holds great promise to meet many of our future energy needs, and it addresses national security and our environmental concerns. Hydrogen is the simplest, most abundant element in the universe.
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I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.
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In the human lung, there are millions of air foils, just like aeroplane wings, which facilitate normal breathing.
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There is no doubt that, since 1977 and the launch of Apple II - the first computer it produced for the mass market - many things which used to be done on paper, or on the telephone, have been done easier and faster on a screen.
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We don't want to put a band-aid on our problems that we keep talking about in society; we want to get down to the nitty gritty and do some surgery.
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I lived in a kind of dream of communism.
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I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it.
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You have a bout with death, things that touch your mortality, when that happens, all that bling-bling gets thrown away because all you've got is you and God.
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War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.
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Lead by example. Women often wait for permission instead of acting, and I try to encourage bold action.
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Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they're all beautiful, you celebrate all of them. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That's the lesson behind animals.
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Architects have big egos. We like to think we're creating the pyramids and they're going to be around for thousands of years. And it's a joke because they're not even going to last our lifetime. I built a home for umpteen gazillion dollars on a gorgeous piece of property in Palm Beach, and 11 years later somebody else bought it and knocked it down.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize.
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It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.
