L. E. Modesitt Quotes
While every new fantasy author is hailed as unique, new, and different, Brandon Sanderson's ELANTRIS does indeed provide an absorbing adventure in a unique, different, and well-thought-out fantasy world, with a few nifty twists as well.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
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To Republicans, I humbly suggest that we make it possible for Democrats to give up their quest for redistribution of income and wealth by our acceptance of an appropriate role for government in financing those public goods and services necessary to secure a social safety net below which no American would be allowed to fall.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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I always follow what my spirit tells me to do.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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Power and speed be hands and feet.
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I think anytime that somebody that works for the government lies, yes, they should be removed.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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I am devoted to my husband and son. I am devoted to the practices and rituals that imbue our lives with a sense of meaning and purpose, that help me to live my days in the most emotionally and intellectually productive manner. I am devoted to the idea of devotion itself.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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I've sung background for a couple of bands.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.
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The last thing I want to do is to present something as 'Stephen King, Part II,' and have it be something that's a big disappointment.
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We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is.
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Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then.
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My firm has 25,000 high-net-worth clients. A typical account would be that of a couple aged 65 and 60 who need their money to last the rest of their lives, 25 to 35 years.
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While every new fantasy author is hailed as unique, new, and different, Brandon Sanderson's ELANTRIS does indeed provide an absorbing adventure in a unique, different, and well-thought-out fantasy world, with a few nifty twists as well.
