David McCord Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking our careers will come to a standstill, or worse, crash and burn if we aren't social media butterflies.
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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
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One trap you can fall into when playing someone iconic is to end up doing everything in an iconic way, no matter how pedestrian or mundane that thing is.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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We ought to open up energy innovation across the board and - and remove the barriers to every form of energy.
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I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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I live in Canada in the summer and some time in the fall.
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May books spread the world over!
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.
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God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
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I was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I had been planning.
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It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.
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I already survived one apocalypse, I don't need another.
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When writing on black life, whites have often been unwelcome, usually called upon to give witness or hauled in as the accused.
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My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Performing is something that has really grown on me and become an important part of my life, which I didn't used to feel. I didn't used to want to really perform live a lot. It's been an interesting adjustment.
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Books fall open, you fall in.
