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Start writing the things that you are reading or that you want to be published doing.
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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If we must put our head into the lion’s mouth, let us make certain that he chokes upon our flesh!
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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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It’s what happens when you shoot someone,” Wayne pointed out. “At least, usually someone has the good sense to get dead when you go to all the trouble to shoot them.
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When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.
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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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In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
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You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then? I believe in them all. Vin frowned. None of them contradict each other? Sazed smiled. Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all.
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You're a mean old man, Your Grace. And that is the way it should be. Roial informed. Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink.
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What? Is that boy crazy? Most young men his age are somewhat crazy, I think, Sazed said with a smile. However, this is hardly unexpected. Haven't you noticed how he stares at you when you enter a room? I thought he was just creepy.
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Every man is a hero of his own story.
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He found himself weeping. Not for the future or for the emperor. These were the tears of a man who saw before himself a masterpiece. True art was more than beauty it was more than technique. It was not just imitation. It was boldness, it was contrast, it was subtlety.
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It's a mystery, Vin said, narrowing her eyes and smiling. We Mistborn are incredibly mysterious. Elend paused. Um...I'm Mistborn too, Vin. That doesn't make any sense. We Mistborn need not make sense, Vin said. It's beneath us. Come on-the sun's already down. We need to get moving.
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You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.
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I like words. And I always learn a few new ones when Father gets angry. I shouldn't neglect my education, now should I?
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In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.
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Belief? Yes, Sazed said. Tell me, Mistress. What is it that you believe? Vin frowned. What kind of question is that? The most important kind, I think.
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