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Quotes by American Authors
"Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'."
"Perform without fail what you resolve."
"No clergyman however brilliant, no evangelist no matter how eloquent or compelling, can bring about the revival we need. Only the Holy Spirit can do this."
"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them."
"If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change."
"The devil is a master at making us question God and His Word. Twisting Scripture . . . taking a verse out of context . . .deceiving us into thinking God is mean-spirited-these are some of Satan's favorite tricks."
"Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master."
"Nobody got where they are today by living for tomorrow."
"Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor."
"The moral and spiritual aspects of both personal and international relationships have a practical bearing which so-called practical men deny."
"To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."
"Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter."
"I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments."
"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough."
"An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory."
"If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research."
"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous."
"The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman."
"No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know."
"Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps."
"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."
"Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow The faucet leak, and learn to leave them so."
"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."
"Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better."
"I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene."
"People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working."
"There's the great line: the definition of a liberal is someone who's afraid to take their own side in a fight. And that's my problem with my fellow liberals."
"The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s."
"Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."
"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."
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