Cliff Curtis Quotes

I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all.

Cliff Curtis

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GoodPoetryReadingThoughtWeird

Flying solo, you have a fair workload. I'm not only flying the balloon but doing the navigation, communications, repairing the burners, taking care of the equipment.

Steve Fossett

FlyingCareDoingYouFairBalloon

We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency back where it belonged, getting the trust back after Nixon. And President Reagan has been one of the most influential presidents.

Steve Garvey

InspirationalGreatTrustJobLook

Our dad was just a congressman for 27 years, and if you live in Washington, D.C., everybody's dad works for the government. We grew up just like everyone else.

Steven Ford

LiveGovernmentYouWashingtonUp

The history is important because science is a discipline deeply immersed in history. In other words, every time you perform an experiment in science or in medicine, what you're actually doing is you're answering someone, answering a question raised by someone in the past.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

ScienceHistoryTimeDisciplinePast

In 1600, Shakespeare's London was a city of 200,000 people. At the same time, there were already over a million in Tokyo.

Simon McBurney

TimePeopleCityLondonOverTokyo

I'm really blessed to have so many people supporting me.

Tori Bowie

PeopleMeBlessedManyReally

Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.

Michelle Malkin

LifeAgeIgnoranceJobBetterYou

Frankly, with HBO and Showtime and cable shows, the DVD box sets and all, you can have a product that doesn't make you feel like as soon as it's projected, it's thrown away. It's really a piece of art.

Louis Leterrier

ArtFeelYouProductBoxAway

When I do get the chance I just love to hang around at home with friends and family.

Delta Goodrem

FamilyLoveHomeFriends And Family

My teacher Tom Spanbauer, the man who got me started writing in his workshop, used to say: 'Writers write because they weren't invited to a party.' That always struck so true, and people always nod their heads when they hear that. Especially writers.

Chuck Palahniuk

TeacherManPeopleMeWritingParty

Ultimately, going into the consumer market, we really need outstanding content. That was the goal: if we can get the developer kit out at a low enough cost point, then hopefully a lot of developers would show up and start creating content.

Brendan Iribe

StartEnoughGoalCreatingNeedOut

My faith always has been and always will be important to me.

Aretha Franklin

FaithMeImportantWillAlwaysBeen

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