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'm quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round.
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I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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We are the eyes through which the Univers observes itself and knows itself divine.
