Glen Duncan Quotes

In a fit of pique, I said to my agent, 'I'm going to write something you can sell.' The idea was to write a straight page-turner, with no literary conceits.

Glen Duncan

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YouSaidWriteSomethingGoingSell

While victimhood in America is exalted, I don't think our veterans should join those ranks.

Jim Mattis

ThinkAmericaVeteransJoinOur

Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth.

John Ortberg

TruthWordsSpiritualPersonSpirit

If I'm doing a show on Sunday at 7 P.M., that wouldn't be the same show that I'd do at 11 P.M. on a Saturday - it's a different room at a different time of day with different sensibilities. That doesn't mean you have to compromise your art, but it is communication: you have to know how to talk to people.

Michael Che

CommunicationTimeArtDayPeople

I love that sense of discovery. You're experiencing something for the first time, and your parents aren't in on it, previous generations aren't in on it. It has a chance to belong to you and your generation in a way that nothing has. If 'Pacific Rim' is a fraction of that, I would be very proud.

Travis Beacham

LoveTimeParentsChanceProudYou

'Only Fools and Horses' was just one of those shows that could keep on going and going, that excited me. 'Hartbeat with Tony Hart' and 'Rolf's Cartoon Club' were my huge favourites, though. I used to love drawing and always sent work in to the show.

Russell Tovey

WorkLoveMeDrawingFoolsClub

I would like to be a heart surgeon or brain surgeon... something with that knowledge and the ability to save a life would be pretty cool. I wasn't that good in science class, though.

Luke Bryan

LifeGoodKnowledgeHeartScience

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

Dean Kamen

AgeTodayI AmMeThinkingHobby

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Chuck Klosterman

MyselfFunMeWritingBookWrite

Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood.

Anne Wojcicki

DoctorBloodWhyDNAMy OwnNeed

Whenever we have an opportunity to engage with each other as human beings and to minimize the differences between us based on disparity in resources, then we should do it.

William T. Vollmann

OpportunityDifferencesHumanEngage

Marriage equality is coming, and not merely to a theater near you.

Suzanne Brockmann

MarriageEqualityYouComingTheater

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

Shania Twain

LifeWindLife Is ShortUpside Down

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