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Michael Scott
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 29
Actor
Clergyman
Executive Producer
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Television Actor
Television Producer
Ann Arbor
Michigan
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The SUV was the only car moving. Josh had his foot pressed flat to the floor, and the needle on the speedometer hovered close to eighty. He was becoming more comfortable with the controls—he hadn't hit anything for at least a minute.
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I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.
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The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious.
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I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so I grew up feeling very comfortable around books. Also, Ireland is a country which has honoured its writers and poets, so when someone says they wanted to be a writer, its not mocked or looked down upon.
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There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world think and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting the likes of you.
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Ah. In my experience, when people say they don't know whether they love someone, they usually mean no.
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I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I am going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.
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Leader. Ship. The word 'ship' is hidden inside the word 'leadership,' as its... derivation.
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Being immortal must have a lot of attractions. You can travel all over the world, see everything, do everything. But what happens if you are immortal and your friends and family are not? You are then destined to watch them age and die.
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I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations.
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Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.
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A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all
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Water is the life-giver and the death-bringer.
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You are not living, you are surviving.
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Have you any idea how to wake a hibernating Elder?” Machiavelli shook his head. “Mars, what about you? Any advice?” “Yes. Don’t.
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I'm not a magician. I'am an alchemyst, a man of science, though perhaps not the science you would be familiar with.
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Nowadays I find chocolate and/or chocolate-based snacks to be great motivators. Everyone loves chocolate. If someone has a lot of work to do, put a piece of fudge in a glass container (so they can see it) and let them know that if they accomplish their tasks, they can eat the fudge. You'll definitely get a reaction!
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What is it like being single? I like it! I like starting each day with a sense of possibility. And I'm optimistic, because everyday I get a little more desperate. And desperate situations yield the quickest results.
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One of the oldest secrets of alchemy is that every living thing, from the most complex creatures right down to the simplest leaf, carries the seeds of its creation within itself.
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We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest warriors are not only those who do not fear, but those who are without anger.
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