Marie Brennan Quotes
I didn't really distinguish between genre and not-genre as a kid, until I made the transition to adult fantasy via Terry Brooks.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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I saw 'Hamilton' when it was at the Public, and I just wept profusely in my seat because this is a form I love deeply, and to watch it be reinvented in such a genius, gifted way and executed by such a brilliant company of human beings, I was overwhelmed with not just appreciation for the piece of work itself but for the possibility.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It's a reminder there's a lot broken.
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America is huge.
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The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
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There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and whatever is making me happy or mad.
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But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.
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I've never been a movie buff. If I did go to a theatre to watch a film, half the time, I would fall asleep.
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For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries and textbooks at his elbow; eschewing as far as possible that hasty extemporaneous manner of writing which is the privilege of more advanced students.
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I never felt truly at home in Switzerland.
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I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'
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Everybody wants attention, more or less. I just want a lot.
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You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees.
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I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.
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It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's.
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Taking a call girl to an STD fair... there's a joke here.
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I didn't really distinguish between genre and not-genre as a kid, until I made the transition to adult fantasy via Terry Brooks.
