George R. R. Martin Quotes

I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags, and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships.

George R. R. Martin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LookBackWhateverChinaImagine

I don't bow down to the federal government.

Joe Arpaio

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Winter makes a bridge between one year and another and, in this case, one century and the next.

Andy Goldsworthy

WinterBridgeYearNextCentury

Some people make records that are defined by their sexuality, but mine really are not.

Mika

PeopleSome PeopleSexualityMine

I can't imagine my life without my kids. Raising them has been the greatest joy in my life.

Josie Bissett

LifeJoyMy LifeWithoutGreatest

I auditioned for Lamorne Morris' part, Winston, on 'New Girl.' In the scene, the character was eating a mayonnaise sandwich. I thought, 'Nobody else is going to go into the audition eating, and this is how I'm gonna set myself apart.'

Jay Ellis

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As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.

Jonathan Demme

LoveLovedNowMoviesKidLittle

Transnational organized cybercriminal groups have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and ordinary citizens.

Dmitri Alperovitch

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I wasn't instructed to do any special training for 'Hawkgirl,' but I had started boxing a few weeks prior and stuck with that for several months leading up to the start of production.

Ciara Renee

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I need time, but as soon as possible, we are going to try to create team spirit. That is the most important thing. After that, you can create tactics, but we have to create something special with ourselves.

Pep Guardiola

TimeTeamYouCreatePossibleTry

When I was agriculture minister, we drafted specific policies to tackle the agrarian crisis.

Sharad Pawar

AgricultureCrisisTackleSpecific

One of the really remarkably beneficial aspects of genetic engineering is that much of the previous methodology for controlling pests and so forth is through chemicals that affect a very broad spectrum of insects, for example, or fungicides that control fungi.

Nina Fedoroff

ControlEngineeringThroughInsects

Keep a copy of 'Islands in the Stream' by Ernest Hemingway on the left hand side of your desk. Keep Fitzgerald's 'The Crack Up' on the right. When you get stuck, pick them up and pretend that they are having a fight, like you used to do with your GI Joes.

Lynn Coady

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