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average careers long
An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends to require a bunch of experience of human life that takes time to acquire. So your average mid-career novelist is in their forties to fifties! Charles Stross
average effort excellent
If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding. Charles Stanley
average space complicated
Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen. Alan Guth
average fading saws
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. Alan Greenspan
average excellence refuse
Refuse to be average. Aiden Wilson Tozer
average lasts halls
Last time I checked, there is no 'Hall of Average.' Chip Kelly
average people sides
I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on the above-average side of happy people. David Cross
average sound band
Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average. Buddy Rich
average people half
Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction. C. J. Cherryh
boys thinking years
It would have been cruel in Miss Havisham, horribly cruel, to practise on the susceptibility of a poor boy, and to torture me through all these years with a vain hope and an idle pursuit, if she had reflected on the gravity of what she did. But I think she did not. I think that in the endurance of her own trial, she forgot mine, Estella. Charles Dickens
boys yesterday today
I was a blacksmith's boy but yesterday; I am - what shall I say I am today? Charles Dickens
boys flesh want
"Then what can you want to do now?" said the old lady,gaining courage. "I wants to make your flesh creep," replied the boy. Charles Dickens
boys night men
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy. "The best of all ways to lengthen our days" is not, as Mr. Thomas Moore has it, "to steal a few hours from night, my love;" but, with leave be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose. The wandering man knows of certain ancients, far gone in years, who have staved off infirmities and dissolution by earnest walking,-hale fellows close upon eighty and ninety, but brisk as boys. Charles Dickens
boys littles little-time
So many boys, so little time... Alanis Morissette
boys self names
There's, like, marks next to an actor's name or something, and boy does that go up and down! Somewhere in there, which always causes my mate Miss Ruby Wax great hilarity, I was offered a biopic of Frank Sinatra. Even I knew that was a bad idea! They'll throw anything at you at certain times. So, you know, to thine own self be true. Alan Rickman
boys men names
We have fish and chips, which W. and I fetch from the shop in Settle market-place. Some local boys come in and there is a bit of chat between them and the fish-fryer about whether the kestrel under the counter is for sale....Only when I mention it to W. does he explain Kestrel is now a lager. I imagine the future is going to contain an increasing number of incidents like this, culminating with a man in a white coat saying to one kindly, "And now can you tell me the name of the Prime Minister? Alan Bennett
boys views want
I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery. Alan Alda
boys district girls maybe meet send
We want to send as many boys and girls to the district meet as we can and maybe get some individuals and relays to state. Kevin Yates
crisis everybody exactly faced knows likes musical nobody sisters
The Pointer Sisters have always faced a crisis in their identity. They have dabbled in so many musical streams that, while everybody likes them, nobody knows exactly what to do with them. Washington Post
crisis housing reason severe
We're in a severe housing crisis, and there's no reason for it. We've got the resources, we just need to appropriate them. Jamie Ross
crisis people situation turned
We're in a real crisis situation where many times people are being turned away at the door. Jackie Robinson
crisis minister moved prime solve step
We have moved only one step forward, how could we retreat? To solve this crisis, the prime minister must resign. Chamlong Srimuang
crisis
When he first went down, it didn't look good. So a crisis averted, I guess. Doug Armstrong
crisis facilities falling start
We're getting to a crisis point. Facilities will start falling apart. R. Robinson
crisis needs work
We're going to stabilize the crisis here, and from here, we're going to work with her on what she needs to do. Jane Farmer
crisis
We're going to get through this crisis we have now. Martin Brodeur
crisis face near
We're going to face a crisis in the very near term. Terry Ebbert
heads pounding trying wall
We are pounding our heads on the wall trying to get a solution, ... It's just a little overwhelming. Jack Nichols
heads knew labels record singer time
I am a singer first and foremost. I was lucky enough to have a manager, when I was 15, who knew the heads of a lot of record labels at the time. Hayley Orrantia
heads telescopes
We have to get our heads and telescopes around that. Michael Turner
heads learn
We're going to play through it. I know it. It's just, we got to keep our heads up. It's frustrating. I'm frustrated. But we're going to learn from our mistakes. Charles Rhodes
heads questions raise source
When we first got these findings we were scratching our heads because it does raise questions about what the source (of the leak) really is. Jim Steets
heads hook
We let them off the hook and let them keep their heads in the game, Phil Garner
heads left people since watching work
It was a real honor to be able to work with someone like that that I've been watching since I was a kid. I mean, to play his brother left some people scratching their heads but something about it really worked. Jared Leto
heads looked obstacle teams
Most teams would go, 'Oh, man!' and have their heads down. We just looked at it like it's just another obstacle we have to overcome. Allan Ray
heads held leave win
This win was for Mexico. Now we can leave with our heads held high. Jorge Cantu
lasts remember there-is-hope
Remember, to the last, that while there is life there is hope. Charles Dickens
lasts fool firsts
Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool. Charles Simmons
lasts dubbing spokes
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. Alan Rickman
last nine won
We've won nine of the last 11, so I like our chances. Eric DiBiase
last people ready year
We want to show that we're no joke. People thought last year was a fluke. We can make improvements from last year. We're ready to see what's out there. Andrew Palmer
lasts eloquent last-time
We looked at each other for the last time; nothing is as eloquent as nothing. David Mitchell
lasts records haircuts
You're only as good as your last record. David Sanborn
lasts female worship
The last western society to worship female powers was Minoan Crete. And significantly, that fell and did not rise again. Camille Paglia
lasts needs kind
I need some kind of... like... last minute, poorly-set-up deus ex machina!! Bryan Lee O'Malley
layers foundation complexion
I layer my moisturizers, which makes my complexion so fresh, I can wear less foundation. Bobbi Brown
laying-down bones punk
We are simultaneously the most hated, loved, feared and admired nation on this planet. In short, we are Frank Sinatra. And the Chairman didn't make his bones laying down for punks... Dennis Miller
layers onions cry
It was what we Japanese called the onion life, peeling away a layer at a time and crying all the while. Arthur Golden
lay life love
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. John the Apostle
lay
I go on benders where I just exercise like a maniac. And then I go on benders where I just can only take baths. Like, I have to lay down to bathe, and I could go on that for six months. Sharon Stone
layers higher
There's a magical layer of love that's laced, designed to take us to a higher place. Bootsy Collins
laying-down scripture love-one-another
To lay down one's life for the truth. Juvenal
laying life
For many, living a Christlike life every day may be even more difficult than laying down one's life. James E. Faust
lay pool
I didn't have a pool growing up, and we went to the beach to lay out and get sun. Erika Eleniak
north-carolina carolina feels
North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving. David H. Murdock
northern school
To our knowledge, this is the first (designated) film school in Northern Colorado. Brian Sky
north
In California, there is a strong tension between north and south. Thomas Mars
north ordered personally reagan truth visa
If I could go, I would tell the truth to the North American people. President Reagan personally ordered my visa to be denied. Tomas Borge
northeast percent traffic
Sixty-five percent of our traffic comes in the northeast corner. Rick LeLacheur
north
When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live. Jamie Campbell Bower
north require sustained work
We use this work every day in North Carolina. All of these investments are not one-time. They require a sustained commitment. Leah Devlin
north run
What you want to do is run the carpetbaggers up north empty-handed. Howard Schnellenberger
northern
Northern Iraq has become, economically, a natural extension of Turkey. Ali Babacan
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule
served took work
If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there was always the theatre. I'm not a nihilist, I'm an optimist. And that has served me well in this profession. Kim Cattrall
served
Consolidating to the point of monopoly has never served the consumer - ever. Gwynne Shotwell
served
Had I rolled through that one 6-3, served it out, who knows? Andy Roddick
served
I think it's well served to be cautious. Jed Connelly
served veteran war
For the record, I'm a Second World War veteran and served in the Pacific. Gore Vidal
served war
I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans. Phil Klay
served shall
And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need. Robert Grosseteste
served variety
I don't think we are well served by hammering away at the same issues. We try to look at a variety of issues. Thomas Morgan
served tough
It was a tough match. I served well and didn't get a break, that was the important thing. Lindsay Davenport
years needs answers
Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases. Charles Stross
years preparation left
If I knew I had 25 years left to live, I would spend 20 of them in preparation. Charles Spurgeon
years oil alchemist
I'm a bit of an alchemist sorceress. I've collected probably 1500 oils from around the planet over the last ten years. I'm kind of obsessed with the sensuality of it. Alanis Morissette
years white black
...for thousands of years human history has been a magnificently futile conflict, a wonderfully staged panorama of triumphs and tragedies based on the resolute taboo against admitting that black goes with white. Alan Watts
years people car
Although the quality of the vehicles is tremendously improving year after year but the underlying reasons that people are buying cars have really gotten focused. It's for high quality vehicles, reliable, fuel-efficient, and safe of course. Alan Mulally
years mad people
I've known a lot of people go mad over the years, and it is more distressing than people dying. People dying is quite natural, people going mad is the complete antithesis of that. Alan Moore
years rose three
It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses, and apologized to no one. Alan Moore
years style looks
It's funny, but certain faces seem to go in and out of style. You look at old photographs and everybody has a certain look to them, almost as if they're related. Look at pictures from ten years later and you can see that there's a new kind of face starting to predominate, and that the old faces are fading away and vanishing, never to be seen again. Alan Moore
years childhood arlington
I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood. Alan Hovhaness