Mary Doria Russell Quotes

Maybe if I'd studied writing instead of anthropology, I'd be more sensible. You know - pick a genre, follow the rules, stay in the box - but let's face it. Sensible people don't major in anthropology.

Mary Doria Russell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 19, 1950

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We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

John F. Kennedy

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We go through, I think, six different drafts of each script. And then my shooting it is roughly, you know, fifteen percent of the total work that gets done on a show. Then it's all post-production animation after that.

Steve Burns

WorkThinkYouGoKnowDone

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

Stephen King

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Originally a record producer more or less hired a bunch of professionals to participate in a recording session, the performers and the technicians, and a music director was put in charge. That directly related to a film producer's job.

Tony Visconti

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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.

Toni Morrison

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We must accept all of God's will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us.

Rod Parsley

GodAcceptWillPleasureBringUs

I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls.

Rupert Graves

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I really want to be part of things from the ground up wherever possible. Not to say that I'm not open to being a gun for hire - I am, absolutely - but I really enjoy developing.

Michelle MacLaren

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Live broadcasting was something only done by the rich news organizations. So when you bring it to the masses, the public gets really excited.

Michael Seibel

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Once you reach a certain age, you find yourself visiting hospitals a lot.

Peter Capaldi

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Defense leaders should be searching for ways to reform out-of-date procurement processes, to collapse layers of Pentagon bureaucracy, and to restrain the growth in personnel and benefits costs. A critical first step in that process should be to conduct a full Pentagon audit to determine how DOD spends taxpayer dollars.

Pete Hegseth

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I thought, 'I have ideas. I'm creative.' I just didn't see why I should be pigeon-holing myself in the business world or staying in corporate America when I already knew that I was capable of taking risks.

Payal Kadakia

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