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The best performances, are those that can be performed once.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Lincoln
Nebraska
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Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all right.
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A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.
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I killed you once, the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier. You tried, Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill no matter how hard you try. I am hope.
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I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.
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I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.
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Elend started. Vin! Then, he smiled. What took you so long? I got delayed by an Inquistor and a dark god, she said. Now hustle.
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That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.
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Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.
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Wayne's a little attached to that hat, Waxillium said. He thinks it's lucky. Wayne: It is lucky. I ain't never died while wearing that hat. Marasi frowned. I ... I'm not sure I know how to respond. Wax: That's a common reaction to Wayne.
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For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.
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There are no endings, and never will be endings, to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was an ending.
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...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.
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Well, then, he said. Let's do it. What? Vin asked. Save the world. Elend said. Stop the ash.
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That’s the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. “Once you’re there, the only thing you can really do is leave again.
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In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.
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Regardless, I still do not believe that your duty is to do as the people wish. Your duty is to lead as best you can, following the dictates of your conscience. You must be true. Your Majesty, to the man you wish to become.
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The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.
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My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull.
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Small things were important. Secods were small things, and if you heaped enough of those on top of one another, they became a man's life.
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