"History is a wave that moves through time slightly faster than we do."

-- Kim Stanley Robinson

#Moving Quotes #Wave Quotes #Faster Quotes

“For a woman, language spoken is an expression of what she is feeling. For a man, language spoken is an expression of what he is thinking. A woman says what is on her heart while a man says what is on his mind.”
“I only get writer's block about once a day.”
“When you have birds you stare at them a lot and their eyes are recessed on their head. When they look at something they tilt their head in a quizzical expression.”
“Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.”
“I said you lie, knave!â€ shouted Beaumains, drawing his sword. â€œAnd for telling such craven falsehoods, you must die!â€ The knight looked plaintively at Roger. â€œWhatâ€™s wrong with this fellow?â€ He was dropped on his head when he was a baby,â€ answered Roger.”
“What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live - with your self-respect alive and growing.”
“I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say "We'll just have to see".”
“I'm really sorry for people growing up right now, because they have some cockeyed idea that they can get by with their eyes closed; the cane they're tapping is money, and that won't take them in the right direction.”

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