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James Herbert Quotes

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: April 8, 1943 - March 20, 2013

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Too Much Try Talk Pretentious Much

I was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortable in that water bed. In the middle of the night you would hear something happening - water and bubbles. I would always think there was some intelligent life in the water bed.

Life Water Doctor Night Think You

When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.

Yourself People You Down Want Your

I've been asked to do various types of cruises.

Been Cruises Asked Types Various

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

Discipline Too Much Civility Academic

I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.

Life Care My Life Doing Want Spend

Since I couldn't actuate the things that I wanted to do, the only weapon I had was to say no.

Say Things Weapon Only Wanted Since

Children need stimulation and stability. That can come from grandparents, cousins, teachers, nannies, childcare centres - as long as they engage with the children and are really fond of them. There are also times when children need to be left alone to learn to be independent and to encourage their imaginary friends.

Alone Children Learn Friends Long

When you're talking about a trade you're saying, 'Is it good for this team or that team, did they give up too much?' That kind of debate is great for the game.

Good Great Team Saying Game Talking

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.

People Jazz Radio Decide Friendly

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

Education Daily Government Detail

'The bigtime for you is just around the corner.' They told me that first in 1952 - boy, it's been a long corner. If I don't hit the bigtime in the next 25 or 30 years, I'm gonna pack in the music business and become a full-time gigolo.

Business Music Me Long You Become

I get paid to do what I love. If you understand physics, the foundation of the atomic theory and relativity, you understand how the future is going to unfold. You understand what things are not possible. You understand why things work. I get paid to do what I love the most, and that is to work on the Unified Field Theory and to see the future.

Work Love Future Foundation Physics

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