Lois McMaster Quotes
One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
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I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.
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I have seen people climbing up and down the ladder of success, and I learnt a lot from them.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
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The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine. The muse isn't hard to find, just hard to like - she follows you everywhere, tapping you on the shoulder, demanding that you stop doing whatever else you might be doing and pay attention to her.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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Drugs, were a symptom - they weren't the cause of anything.
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My project was radiation damage of Si and Ge by energetic electrons, critical for the use of the recently developed semiconductor devices for applications in outer space.
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For the longest time, I was trying to be DJ Shadow, I think. But I slowly developed my own style. It was trial and error, for sure.
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The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
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In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.
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I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
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I was in better shape when I went into boot camp than when I came out.
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I would love to have been a golfer or any individual sportsman.
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People want you to be happy. Don't keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wings And free your soul of jealousy, You and everyone around you Would fly up like doves.
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I went through a period of time when math was my favorite subject. Then math wasn't as fun so much.
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I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are.
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One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.
