"Men see what they expect to see." — George R. R. Martin
"Men see what they expect to see."
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746 Quotes by George R. R. Martin
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I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good…
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In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are…
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All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about.…
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I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have…
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From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close…
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Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution…
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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
— Hannah Arendt
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is…
— Isaac Asimov
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against…
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Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe…
— Chinua Achebe
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In order to win, you must expect to win.
— Richard Bach
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When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to…
— Michele Bachmann
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
— Francis Bacon
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
— Abu Bakr
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You can't expect someone born into a family with no music... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations.
— Daniel Barenboim
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I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.
— Drew Barrymore
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To think straight, it is advisable to expect all qualities and attributes, adjectives, and so on to refer to at…
— Gregory Bateson
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