Clive Cussler Quotes
I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me.
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The lens of contract focuses predominantly on gains from trade whereas orthodoxy is focused on resource allocation.
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But I can't say that I didn't like John Hammond's performances often better than the originals.
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Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.
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When I was in first grade, some psychologist told my mom if I didn't go to graduate school, she basically failed as a parent, because I had the aptitude to do it. Which is so dumb. Huge pressure!
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It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name.
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Quite simply, if you're feeling anxious, angry, a sense of shame, whatever it is, breathe in and agree to touch or feel it. Breathing out, offer space and care to whatever's there. If there's blocking to touching it, emphasize the in-breath and stay embodied.
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At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.
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Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
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As much as we love each other, there is some growing difficulty in my adult relationship with my father. Because we're both writers, we're having a very intimate conversation in a very public forum.
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I've always only wanted to model. It really is the only life I want.
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After ten or twelve years you can only play something so long and then you start to parody it.
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People were saying, 'He's worth £32m? He tried a back-heel and fell over!' Even I laughed. In my head, I said, 'OK, you've seen the bad side, now come see the good side'.
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In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
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I love the life of a musician but I live the life of a bodybuilder.
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Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography.
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If a boy messes up, you walk away. If a boy isn't treating you right, you walk away. It sounds simpler than it is, but you can't allow yourself to be disrespected. You have to be a strong girl.
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I sing to my wife; it helps me. She was my muse. I've written so many songs about her, to her, with references to her, and still do. She's a big part of my life. We were together for 33 years. It actually does me good - she's with me all that time in that way.
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You are always invested in a film, but there is always a different feeling you get when you are portraying a character that is based on real life and you are re-telling events that actually took place.
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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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The general manager is kind of like the step into darkness when you reach the top of the league. As GM, you're responsible for everything, including the maitre d's and the sommeliers - all these people who have their own agendas. But you probably make less than the maitre d' and have a lot more work and a lot more headaches.
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You're in a scene with Laura Linney or Oliver Platt or John Hickey or Alan Alda and these amazing actors and actresses, and you're like, 'Oh my God, I haven't even started; I'm nothing compared to these people!'
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I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me.
