Amanda Hocking Quotes
I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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As anyone knows who has ever had to set up a military encampment or build a village from the ground up, occupations pose staggering logistical problems.
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I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
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Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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I don't think we're as divided as many in the elite would have us believe.
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The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
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Catherine: Why commit Evil?Goetz: Because Good has already been done.Catherine: Who has done it?Goetz: God the Father. I, on the other hand, am improvising.
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Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.
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Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their decisions. I don't think they are right, but that's the way it is.
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I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.
