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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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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If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me.
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My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet.
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Despite the fact that Rouhani has been a long-time insider in a government that has committed countless human rights violations, and that he himself called for the execution of peaceful activists in 1999, many people inside and outside Iran are optimistic that he might indeed favor greater respect for the rights of the Iranian people.
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I have a hard time waiting for things to happen.
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I didn't have a desk to write 'Red Queen' on, so I got a nice writing desk.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
