George Will Quotes
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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A woman should have the right to carry a gun.
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My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
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If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it's more culturally associated with guys.
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Both Plockton and the Isle of Muck in north-west Scotland are incredibly beautiful. Sadly, Plockton has been discovered by tourists because it's where they shot Hamish Macbeth.
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First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.
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On Las Vegas audiences Those audiences are wonderful. Talk about the most bitter group of people on the planet Earth! For one brief shining moment, I am Mr. Happy!
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You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get to know.
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A lot of acting requires you to be a charming version of yourself. A lot of what happens in the industry is that you are cast based on other things that people have seen you do, or how you are perceived to look or sound. If everyone thinks you're bizarre and creepy, then you play bad guys.
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The proof of liberal virtue is generousity with other people's money.
