Ambrose Bierce Quotes
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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I finish, like, one book in a day. That's my problem. That's why Kindle is good for me, because I put, like, 15 books in it.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
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I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.
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People choose to read, and it takes effort. It's not one of those hobbies that asks nothing of the person who is doing it. It's more than a hobby.
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I'm only a human being.
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Anytime someone tells me that I can't do something, I want to do it more.
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Since I began my practice of Forgiveness Therapy, it's now instinctual for me to choose to eat like I love myself - instead of eating like I wanted to punish myself. Plus I've not only lost weight, I've lost the anger and anxiety I was feeling, and so I feel happier and calmer within.
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It's very difficult to be objective about yourself and your own circumstances, but one thing I do know about is that I grew up surrounded by storytellers.
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We're facing a natural disaster in the middle of an economic disaster. The federal government has to balance its budget the way our families do.
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For he who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
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The older I get, the more interesting the part has to be. Bobby Knight is extremely interesting.
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A lot of TV can be linear and cinematic and formulaic. What's to say that people can't be creative and surreal - and push boundaries? You can look at a piece of art and not necessarily know what it means or what the artist intended by it. It's the effect it has on you.
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Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
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It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.
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I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.
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Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions.
