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Robert W. Service Quotes

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Robert W. Service

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: scottish
Birth: January 16, 1874 - September 11, 1958

Topics

Mountain Brainy Sand You Ahead Shoe

I don't set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I'm introduced to them, I follow the stories and the people, rather than setting out to do a female lead thing.

People Me Write Follow Lead Out

I wake up at 10. I have coffee, and then I spend a half an hour on the computer, where I read newspapers and progressive blogs. I have to tear myself away, or I'll spend all day reading.

Andrew Sean Greer

Myself Coffee Day Wake Up Reading

In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page 120, the whole emotional arc. In an animated movie, it's a committee decision. There are 50 people creating that character. You're responsible for a small part.

Character Decision People Small You

It was only about sixty years ago that the expansion of the universe was first observed.

Universe First Years Sixty Expansion

I think the thing that makes 'NCIS' so special is the team and the group. And there's our fearless leader, Mark Harmon. We all really enjoy working together, so it would be a shame if we weren't all there having fun together.

Michael Weatherly

Leader Working Together Together Fun

'Despacito' started with a melody hook that I had with my guitar only. The beat for this track came after I wrote the lyrics, which I wrote as if I was writing a ballad.

Writing Guitar Beat Started Melody

It may be a mistake to say this, but I know my limitations as an actor and I know what I can and can not do. Robert De Niro can do everything. I can't. A 'Highlander' movie is basically my thing. What I'm attempting to do is develop my ability as an actor and try to be the best I can be in the fantasy/action genre.

Christopher Lambert

Best Mistake I Can Know Say Actor

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

People Feeling More Real Seem Books

I drink regular pour-over coffee, black. It's all about the beans. I'm always stocked at home with single-origin coffees from around the world, never more than two weeks old, kept in airtight containers.

Home Coffee World Black Drink Never

I think Black Lives Matter has some really thuggish elements in it. Look - at the risk of being incredibly politically incorrect, but I guess that's my job - I think that all lives matter. Not least black lives.

Job Black Think Look Matter Risk

I have nine compartments in my brain, and four of them don't stop.

Brain Stop Four Nine Them

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

Pet Trees Fast Why Dogs Miles

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