L. E. Modesitt Quotes
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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.
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I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
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I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
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Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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I think a woman should be wholesome, voluptuous and sizzling!
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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I like computers as a tool. I like them as an instrument. I think they're just pretty.
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Study first, play afterwards.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.
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I would like to be the first ambassador to the United States from the United States.
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I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I'm at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can't. They can hit me in the face. I can't.
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.
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But I guess the lesson is this: If you don't have confidence in yourself and think that you are worth hiring, or whatever it is, you can't expect anyone else to.
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I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. Don't we all, for many reasons, act differently in different circumstances and with different people?
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.
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We don't really see a lot of comedic moments in '24.' In fact, I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen, I don't know if I've ever laughed at anything that anyone has done on '24.'
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We want to counter the idea that Muslims and non-Muslims can't live together. This is not who we are or who we want to be.
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My greatest joy is seeing parents and kids playing Disney 'Epic Mickey' together, handing the controllers back and forth, helping each other out.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
