Wilbur Smith Quotes

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very bloodthirsty - but life, for me, is a violent thing.

Wilbur Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
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  • Birth: January 9, 1933

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There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

Joan D. Vinge

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I am the first person to go to Barnes & Noble and buy the new self-help book. I like to fill out the surveys, then I get my friends' opinions on how I answered to see if I was being honest with myself or not.

Jessica Simpson

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Non-fiction about personal subjects is going to attract more user comments than a foreign correspondent writing from Syria - unfortunately.

Meghan Daum

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Congregations shaped by the Scriptures generally have preachers who are shaped by the Scriptures.

John Ortberg

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I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television.

Jeffrey Hunter

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Growing up, dating seemed pretty straightforward: If someone was interested in getting to know you on a romantic level, they approached, exchanged info, and proceeded to communicate with you in a consistent fashion between outings of various natures.

Amanda Seales

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I have tried to create main characters who are drastically different from the types who generally appear in crime novels. Mikael Blomkvist, for instance, doesn't have ulcers or booze problems or an anxiety complex. He doesn't listen to operas, nor does he have an oddball hobby such as making model airplanes.

Stieg Larsson

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The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

Tony Snow

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Joseph McCarthy and the John Birch Society launched an anti-Communist crusade that won the support of millions of Americans in the 1950s.

Robert Dallek

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My techniques are basics, but my willingness to be in the pocket and see things is very high level.

Robbie Lawler

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Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you.

Bradley Whitford

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When money follows results - we will get more results for our money.

Bob Riley

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