"Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity."

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Source : Dan Simmons (2009). “Ilium”, p.36, Harper Collins

Dan Simmons

#Art Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Skills Quotes

“It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway.”
“Hell is oneself, hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.”
“Prevention is a very important part of solving the problem of cancer.”
“People think, 'Oh, well how can 'The Hobbit,' which is one book, become three films?' But you can take one line from an appendice and it turns into a whole sequence.”
“I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me, Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes: I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.”
“There is an excitement about having nightmares.”
“Of course it must, and our scientific men must be criticized boldly. They will not feel comfortable when you and I are through with them.”
“While facts never become obsolete or stale, commentaries always do.”

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