Andy Weir Quotes
I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.
Quotes to Explore
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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I don't do the gym and I don't diet. I'm vegetarian but I don't diet.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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My mom raised a self-aware kid. I wasn't like the typical alpha male. I wasn't afraid to sing, you know? I wasn't afraid to be in musicals.
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I don't think 'Freak Dance' is a parody; it's more reference than anything. People don't think of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' as a 'Frankenstein' parody. It's kind of like that.
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I grew up playing sports, and my dad was always really into that, very passionate about that, as was I, but even my passion for music far outweighs what it was for sports. That's hard for me to believe. And it's hard for me to believe that my parents' passion for music far outweighs their passion for sports, but it does.
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My family was amazing; they exposed me to the world of show business, and, boy, it was the '70s and I got to spend a lot of time backstage at theaters and see the inner workings of how this entertainment industry is really put together.
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...you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it.
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I was born too late to experience Apollo 11, though I do trek to Dad's house every time there's some space event. There's something awesome about crossing your fingers and watching a tense Mission Control room do their thing.
