David Zindell Quotes
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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If you ask me if I think I will be sober in 24 hours time I can say yes, but in two years I can't tell you. I could be dead.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
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One of the things the novel can do is address big questions in ways that are accessible to people. It's not that I want to teach people, but these are the things that interest me, and this is my medium for exploring ideas, and I think the potential of novels to do that is massive.
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There are a lot of new opportunities that are poking their head up in my future. I've been very fortunate that way, but for right now, what I like is what I'm doing.
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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I find it heartening that readers are still excited about diving into a world.
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A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
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There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.
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Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.
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In a perfect world, we would have put users in control of their information when the Internet was first created.
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Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do.
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I always was getting into trouble some way, because I was really good at lying when I was a kid.
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I think that when people who've had success from a young age go through a train-wreck cycle, it's usually because they're working on someone else's terms, so they feel the need to rebel. But when it's something you've built, you don't have that same kind of resentment or angstiness. But it's also difficult to keep those standards for yourself.
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Young people have grown up watching so much content, and just to find something that they haven't seen before: that's the dream. When you stumble across a show, and you say 'I haven't seen this,' that's what we want.
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The charges are false and despicable. I have not received a fair hearing. This is un-American. All the lawyering will provoke an untoward outcome.
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I have a company attitude about my work. I don't like to do just one thing; I like to do a lot of things.
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I love factoids. It's hard for me to keep those out. It just takes realizing that it's stopping the character. Part of it is the decision to keep things where you want to train the spotlight. For me, it's the personal side. I always ask, How does the person inside the character relate to this?
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We are the eyes through which the Univers observes itself and knows itself divine.
