Rick Yancey Quotes

Sci-Fi is the genre that explored both possibilities: the end of our existential crisis and the end of our existence. My novel, 'The 5th Wave,' explores the latter scenario, because, frankly, I believe it represents the likeliest outcome of an extraterrestrial encounter. In short, if they're out there, we better hope they never find us.

Rick Yancey

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What's interesting when you see 'Black Panther' is you realize it couldn't have been directed by anybody else but Ryan Coogler. It's a great adventure movie, and it works on all those different levels as entertainment, but it has this kind of cultural through-line that is so specific that it makes it universal.

John Singleton

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I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious.

Shirley Manson

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A presidential candidate's great desire is to be seen as pragmatic, and they hope their maneuvering and shifting will be seen in pursuit of some higher purpose. It doesn't mean they are utterly insincere.

Robert Dallek

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You know, if you play on home soil sometimes funny things can happen and you have that push of the crowd.

Ruud Gullit

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Don't complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.

Joyce Meyer

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No, I don't regret my decision at all, especially after I started this music career. My eyes were as big as saucers.

Johnny Mathis

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I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic.

Dominic Monaghan

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Employment and health insurance are now protected by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

Anne Wojcicki

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I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!

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I actually ended up in fashion as opposed to sport because I needed the money. And it turned out that it tapped all my skills.

Peter Nygard

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From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life.

Shawn Mendes

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For a long time, we just played here - Columbus is a perfect place to work your way up and maybe build a fan base.

Tyler Joseph

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