Michael A. Stackpole Quotes

The real important thing about Digital-Original publication goes beyond the fact that authors make more money off each sale than through traditional publishing. It's that we get to bypass a system of gatekeepers who have more than 'quality' as criteria for what they choose.

Michael A. Stackpole

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1957

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Time is very precious to me. I don't know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too.

Jim Valvano

TimePeopleMeEndKnowImportant

A deep concern of mine is that leaders in the technology sector have not developed a culture that insists upon courage, honor, duty, and humility - what we might call a culture of virtue.

Joe Lonsdale

TechnologyCourageCultureHumility

Before I'd written movies, I never could do big set-piece scenes with a lot of different speakers - when you've got twelve people around a dinner table talking at cross purposes. I had always been impressed by other people's ability to do that.

Joan Didion

PeopleDinnerTalkingYouTable

Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning that parents find in it grows and deepens.

Andrew Solomon

ParentsGrowMeaningFindDownKids

I have given up trying to be happy. It is no use and leads to nothing.

Anna Held

HappyBe HappyTryingNothingUp

In 'Citadel,' I play a very young father. When I first signed onto 'Hunky Dory,' I was actually 18 years old.

Aneurin Barnard

FatherPlayYoungOldFirstYears

Many developing countries are enjoying demographic changes. They have a younger demographic composition so they're not burdened by legacy policy. Now, if you combine this with a good macro policy and ambitious structural policy, those countries are able to move more flexibly and be more agile.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

GoodLegacyYouNowMoreChanges

For decades, allies have counted on the U.S. to step up to the plate to work with them to protect the shared values we hold dear. As we face numerous international challenges, both old and new, we need to put more faith and investment in our international and diplomatic institutions, not weaken them.

Mike Quigley

WorkFaithStepChallengesFaceNew

Perhaps, like the way these leaves spread out and the way they curl in many directions and how they have many features, I think that's how my road has been.

Juan Felipe Herrera

RoadThinkWayOutSpreadBeen

I was raised not to be rude, but I also try to get the best work out of people.

Dick Wolf

WorkBestPeopleTryRudeOut

I'm accused of, and perhaps rightly so, of not being mean enough. I've been taken to task in many a book review; a good satirist has to, you know, has to kill.

Christopher Buckley

GoodBookEnoughYouKnowMean

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

Clarence Clemons

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