D. B. Weiss Quotes
I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.

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I had 45 amateur fights, and I was able to win two national titles in those three years as an amateur.
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss.
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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One thing I detest most about the financial press is the lack of accountability. All sorts of nonsense is said without penalty.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.
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The best way to get students involved in science and want to follow either science careers or incorporate it in their lives or to achieve science literacy is to expose them to the various jobs in STEM. It's broad from biologists to electricians to nanotechnologists to building fusion engines. It's a wide range of things.
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I do get recognized, more and more every day.
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If the future, as imagined in literature, is really the present taken to extremes, then the past is also the present, but boiled down.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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Many books in my library are now behind and beneath me. They were good in their way once, and so were the clothes I wore when I was ten years old; but I have outgrown them. Nobody ever outgrows Scripture; the book widens and deepens with our years.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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To be honest, I was born in luxury. I never saw the dearth of money, so money is not something which motivates me.
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I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.