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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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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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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As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families.
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The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.
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It was sort of his 'Brando' moment - his very 'method' moment. He just absorbed it and continued on.
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My mission is to get on the stage and say, 'Listen, I'm a woman, I'm free, I'm a mother, I'm a lover, I'm a friend; I'm shattered by men most of the time, but I'll keep falling in love with them because it's the most thrilling thing in the world; that's what makes me human.'
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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.
