John Shirley Quotes

Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.

John Shirley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 1953

Topics

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The Nexus 7 is about the same size as a Moleskine notebook, and it just 'feels' like the right form factor for doing all those things you want to do on a smart phone, but can't quite do in the right way. It's not too big, and not too small - just right.

John Battelle

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Every time we've gone somewhere, it's just been better and better and God's always blessed us for following.

Stacie Orrico

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Ted Williams is one of the best hitters ever to play the game, and I didn't get a chance to see him play, so all I could do was read books and look at pictures.

Tony Gwynn

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Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.

Robert Emmet

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This is actually something no one knows, but my mom was really the one who created the entire style for 'Teen Witch.' I'm dead serious.

Robyn Lively

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We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can't get anywhere near as complex as a real person.

Ruth Rendell

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I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore.

Rupert Friend

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I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played.

Mick Taylor

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I recognize that as the guy who lost the election, I'm not in a position to tell everybody else how to win, all right? They're not going to listen, and I don't have the credibility to do that anyway.

Mitt Romney

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The thing that I look for in a script - I'm not looking for anything next because you never know where life's going to take you, so you can't just expect, 'I want to do this next.' So I'm not expecting anything; I'm just hoping.

Julia Garner

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One advantage of photography is that it's visual and can transcend language.

Lisa Kristine

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I think they, Peter McCullough was, turns out was not a good CEO.

Arthur Rock

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