Marie Brennan I’ve only written two novels, neither of them published, where the book is dominated by a male point of view; in the ‘Onyx Court’ series, it’s split roughly 50/50. – Marie Brennan Book Quotes Court Quotes Dominated Quotes Male Quotes Novels Quotes Onyx Quotes Published Quotes Roughly Quotes Series Quotes Split Quotes View Quotes Written Quotes There was a brief period of time when I was very young where I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian – largely because I liked cats – but then somebody told me I would have to cut animals open, and that was the end of that. I read a lot of the ‘Pern books’ growing up – basically up through ‘All the Weyrs of Pern,’ maybe a couple after that. As far as formative dragon influences are concerned, she’s probably one of the top ones; I know I read other fantasy novels that had them, but none particularly stick in mind.
HappinessWalter Savage Landor We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. – Walter Savage Landor
Franklin Raines Well, there are about 10 million children that aren’t covered by health insurance. About 3 million qualify for Medicaid but don’t get it, so we’re going to reach out and bring more of those kids into the Medicaid program. – Franklin Raines
Gary Oldman There will always be spies. We have to have them. Without them we wouldn’t have got Osama bin Laden – it took us years, but it happened. – Gary Oldman
Randy Houser One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country’s music. That doesn’t mean that everybody’s rural. – Randy Houser
Jason Isbell I think sometimes I write to impress my influences. Whether they’re actually acquaintances of mine, people that I think will hear the record or not, I still write – not to imitate my influences – but to write something that would live up to their standards. – Jason Isbell
SE Cupp Politics has long been a place where fear and loathing are exploited: fear of progress, fear of the unknown, fear of the other, fear of our own neighbors. – SE Cupp
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