Edward M. Lerner Quotes
Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.

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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Hot girls have so many options. Sitting at home alone any night of the week and searching the Internet for a dude is on zero hot girls' agendas. So they're definitely not coming after you.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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America is huge.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.
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I have come to the conclusion that while a candidate's faith matters, what's most important is how he or she applies that faith.
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There are always discussions about casting stars in lead roles in theater - especially when you're working with commercial producers - and it's not something I'm against, not at all. But any casting has to be right for the project.
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Everybody thought that screen time was bad for vision. Well, it happens that spending a lot of time reading on a computer is bad for your vision, but spending a lot of time playing first-person-shooter games is good for your vision.
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Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.