Greg Egan Quotes

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap.

Greg Egan

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I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.

John Frankenheimer

WorkBestJobCreativePeopleFeel

My father loves Las Vegas, and he loves to play craps. Growing up, I'd find old Caesars Palace chips in his pocket that he forgot to cash out.

Meghan McCain

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I know many people within Anonymous; I was the keynote speaker at Defcon in Las Vegas and got a standing ovation.

John McAfee

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History shows that Americans believe in doing the right thing.

Michael Franti

HistoryBelieveDoing The Right Thing

Alexander II really used autocracy well to negotiate the freeing of the serfs in 1861.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Every morning, I do 10 minutes of mindfulness, where I do meditation, and I use that in competition and everyday life.

Tom Daley

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Women writers are often conflated with their narrators - as if we can't consciously construct fictional worlds from the ground up and can only write diary entries.

Miranda July

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If I'm on a show, then that's my favorite channel.

Jason Dolley

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In a live performance, it's a collaboration with the audience; you ride the ebb and flow of the crowd's energy. On television, you don't have that.

Jon Batiste

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You know, I've got experiences going back to the wage price controls in the Nixon administration where, in effect, we had what I think was a terrible mistake, in that case a Republican administration, where moved in and tried to control the wages, prices and profits of every enterprise in America. It was a huge mistake.

Dick Cheney

MistakeControlThinkAmericaYou

Spend more time working before you write page one. Then, the story - at least parts of it - will feel as though it is writing itself.

Douglas Brunt

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Your soulmate can be anything. It could be the person you marry, or it could just be literally your bosom buddy. Whatever is the most fulfilling relationship for you. It can be whatever you want it to be.

William Jackson Harper

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