Ken Follett Quotes
For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.
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I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
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In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people who have never tried Indian food... they've never even tasted it!
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.
Gail Devers -
I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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I don't wear plaid shirts.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged.
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Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
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I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
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Jesse Vincent: My dog is Web 2.0. Prove me wrong.Larry: Does your dog have a long tail?Damian Conway: If you enjoyed these practices, find 245 more like this in this book.Larry: Does your dog have a long tail?
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Did you found something? asked she with hope. Yes, this until... Until what...? Until you stick your breasts on my back.And you realize that now I can't think about lions anymore!
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I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.
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The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
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For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.
