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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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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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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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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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 don´t know where I´m going, only God knows where I´ve been.
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For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age.
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At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.
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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.
