Alan Stern Quotes
I think if you were between maybe 6 and 16, there was nothing like Apollo, and I wonder if there can be something like that again. We'll just have to see.
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Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
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After high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for a year, and I studied musical theatre. By that point, I was like, 'This is what I want to do.'
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
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I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
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All the body wants to do biologically is decompose. Once you die, it's, 'Let me out here! I'm ready to shoot my atoms back into the universe!'
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I think I have lived in every part of L.A. except downtown. Everywhere from Topanga Canyon to Toluca Lake.
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
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I don't think good and evil are polarized.
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I've never experienced complete terror, knock on wood, or running for my life or any of that.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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Try not to eat after 7 P.M. Try to stay away from heavy food in the night, like hamburgers and chicken nuggets. Eat that stuff in the morning or early afternoon.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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Life at best is bittersweet.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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That's when I hit the ground. So in the instant that that round landed and blew me in the air, I had those separate and distinct thoughts. The guy who was standing right next to where I had been standing had a hole in his back I could put my fist into.
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'Affinity' is beautiful and intense, with no laughs. It's a rather delicate and emotional love story, with a spooky element.
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When writing about historical characters I try to be as accurate as possible, and in particular not to misrepresent the view they held. With a real historical figure you have to be fair, and this is not an obligation you have in dealing with your own creations, so it is quite different.
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He has a childlike, boyish, impish, mischievousness. And I have to try and make him behave properly, like a holy man!
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Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to write well enough to satisfy their employers... reason clearly or perform competently in analyzing complex, non-technical problems.
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I think if you were between maybe 6 and 16, there was nothing like Apollo, and I wonder if there can be something like that again. We'll just have to see.
