Clive Cussler Quotes
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I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.
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In the south, whether it is a small film or a big film, everybody sees it. So, there is always something for everybody to come, see, and enjoy.
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As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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Hollywood used to control the distribution; now Silicon Valley does.
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I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash. I grew up with that influence while loving poetry and loving all kinds of current music.
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No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing.
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We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.
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It is not altogether shyness that now makes me unsuccessful in company. Sometimes it is a state of mind that is three parts meditation, that will not free the thoughts until their attendant trains are prepared to follow them.
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The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person's vision.
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I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.
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Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
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I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.
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If you don't look good, we don't look good.
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Civilization, to be worthy of the name, must afford other methods of settling human differences than those of blood letting.
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Any decision that's made about my career is ultimately my decision, and it's helped me not to plan too much. I've never been the guy thinking, 'I want to do a play this year, I want to do this kind of movie or this kind of character.' I don't have that sort of control.
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The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as many other pioneers, with an opportunity to acquire land and establish family farms. To the land-hungry immigrants, the tough prairie sod seemed a golden opportunity and they conquered it by hard work.
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.
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In the ideal scenario, consultants work for a board, and they're helping the board check on certain aspects of management. Their work is made public and transparent.
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There's a little bit of Pitt in everybody.
