Clive Cussler Quotes
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What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked.
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When friends ask for a second cup they are open to conversation.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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Imagination creates some big monsters.
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Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
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I think happiness is a combination of pleasure, engagement and meaningfulness.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to the start line and thought, 'What if I can't do this?' But the minute I sit on the bike, I am like a different person.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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I had the good fortune to be able to take a course with Margaret Mead. I had a fabulous art course, where it was explained to me that nothing exists in a vacuum, that everything is a result of the period in which it's done - the economics, the sociology, the politics, all sewn together. That was a very important lesson.
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Women in leadership cannot cry without raising a storm of commentary.
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I'm very bad at ending sentences. A lot times I just want to say, 'That's the end of my sentence. I have nothing more to say.'
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When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up.
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What's important is Welsh football and that it progresses.
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I've got friends who totally disagree on politics, religion, cultural things, but at the core, we're the same people.
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It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.
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I know how to create and make people feel something. Honestly, if I didn't do this, I would just have some minimum-wage job in New Mexico, and I would go out on the weekends and make just enough money to pay my insurance and pay for a couple beers, and that would be it.
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We talk about mental toughness all the time. That's the biggest thing good teams have, that they can overcome adversity.
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My books are easy to read. No folderol.
