Ken Follett Quotes
Well, for people who want to write best sellers, the best advice I can give is to say that the novel has to engage the reader emotionally.
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Figure out what you're good at and start helping other people with it; give it away. Pay it forward. Karma sort of works because people are very consistent. On a long enough timescale, you will attract what you project.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention.
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If it's far away, it's news, but if it's close at home, it's sociology.
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I hope I am allowed to say that the reason I am popular is because of the way I am, the way I race, and the way I talk. I am just the old-fashioned, reliable guy, and people always know I am after one thing: 'There is Jens. He will go in the breakaway.'
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The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people.
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I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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Well, for people who want to write best sellers, the best advice I can give is to say that the novel has to engage the reader emotionally.
