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Patrick O'Brian Quotes

In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.

Patrick O'Brian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000

Topics

Past Present Say Nothing Write Part

If we as a society do not understand 'the cloud,' in all its aspects - what data it holds, how it works, what the bargains are we make as we engage with it, we'll all be the poorer for it, I believe.

John Battelle

Society Believe Data Cloud I Believe

Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk?

John McWhorter

Think You Letters Talk Structure

And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.

Spike Lee

Hollywood Well One Thing Does Thing

As I start to think about what I want to do next, there are eight or nine networks I would be thrilled to work with. I remember developing at FX and the executives there telling me, 'We don't want to do shows that 20 million people kind of like; we want to do the show that 2 million people really like.' That's such a refreshing thing to hear.

Rob Thomas

Work People Me Start Think Remember

'Balls of Fury' was a 45-day shoot when it probably - hindsight being 20/20 - probably should've been a 75-day shoot with all the ping-pong action.

Robert Ben Garant

Action Balls Shoot Hindsight Been

Malice is always authentic and sincere.

Mason Cooley

Always Sincere Malice Authentic

Who is happy with his appearance? I find many drawbacks of myself. But, each time when I visit Lourdes, I receive a lesson of reconciliation. When you see ill people or invalids around, you realize that it is a sin to complain!

Mireille Mathieu

Time Myself Happy People You Find

I argue that for every country to have an independent fuel cycle is the wrong way to go. Because any country which has a complete fuel cycle is a latent nuclear weapons country, in the sense that it is not far from making a nuclear weapon.

Mohamed ElBaradei

Country Wrong Go Independent Way

I'm proud to be a Lohan, and I will always will be.

Ali Lohan

Proud Will Always

That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.

Prem Rawat

Experience Peace Find Will Never Us

It's hard to tell what is even mainstream anymore because there's so many platforms now. And they're all topics of conversation.

Scott Adsit

Conversation Now Hard Tell Because

We are not a land of Islam. In our country, we don't wear djellaba clothing, we don't wear a veil, and we don't impose cathedral-sized mosques.

Marion Marechal-Le Pen

Country Islam Land Veil Clothing