Lois McMaster Quotes
I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on.
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Star Wars was magnificent, but you could tell Darth Vader's ships were glued together.
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
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No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
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My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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Lots of people think the violence in the films I make is overwhelming, but they think they're seeing something that they aren't seeing.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court - a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
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The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.
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Could it be that God was an extra-terrestrial? What do we mean when we say that heaven is in the clouds? From Jesus Christ to Elvis Presley, every culture tells us of high-flying bird men who zoom around the world creating magnificent works of art and choosing willing followers to share in the eternal glory from beyond the stars. Can all these related phenomena merely be dismissed as coincidence?
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and has given me a lot of human observation to draw on.
