George R. R. Martin Quotes

It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day they are there. They're alive, and they're whispering in my head and all that stuff, and I want to write about those things.

George R. R. Martin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 20, 1948

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I pretty much just focus on making the records - unless I'm self-releasing them; then I do my own thing. But at some point, you have to stop worrying about chains of distribution, or it takes out of your time to write.

John Darnielle

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It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.

Robert Kennedy

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It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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Of all the inventions of humans, the computer is going to rank near or at the top as history unfolds and we look back. It is the most awesome tool that we have ever invented. I feel incredibly lucky to be at exactly the right place in Silicon Valley, at exactly the right time, historically, where this invention has taken form.

Steve Jobs

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I made fun of myself before everybody else could, so I always got the comic crowns: Freshman Fink, Sophomore Fairy, Junior Birdman. I got all three of them!

Sigourney Weaver

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I'm very lucky to be doing what I'm doing, and the reason I'm doing everything is because of fans.

Tony Oller

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It's success, not fame, that is quite addictive. I'm addicted to a lot of things and, as it happens, success is one of them.

Robbie Williams

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Since the Greek myths, the greatest stories are premised on the idea of, 'A stranger arrives.'

Riz Ahmed

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Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

Robin Williams

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I believe in adventure and imagination, and I got that from my parents and the things I experienced as a child.

Mirai Nagasu

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For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing.

Juan Goytisolo

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It's important to remember that the Jacobite Risings of the 18th century constituted a religious civil war, not a nationalistic movement.

Diana Gabaldon

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