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Robert J. Morrissette

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WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain.
WALLIS SIMPSON You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance.
WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
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WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin.
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ROBERT J. SAWYER I'm a very skeptical guy: my willing suspension of disbelief doesn't go very far when I'...
ROBERT J. SAWYER I have to uphold not only the constitution of Alabama, but I swore to uphold the Constitution of the...
ROBERT J. BENTLEY In addition to psychopaths, 'Quantum Night' is also a novel about literally thoughtless peop...
ROBERT J. SAWYER Critics of 'economic sciences' sometimes refer to the development of a 'pseudoscience...
ROBERT J. SHILLER Forth & Towne was a great test of a promising concept and an illustration of the innovative risk...
ROBERT J. FISHER A short story is the shortest distance between two points; a novel is the scenic route.
ROBERT J. SAWYER Print science fiction writers often do consulting for government bodies.
ROBERT J. SAWYER The professor counsels against retrospective history, assuming that particular pieces contributed to...
ROBERT J. ALLISON To the confusion of our enemies.
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER In battle, in forest, at the precipice in the mountains,
On the dark great sea, in the midst of...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the firs...
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.
ROBERT J. SAWYER My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get. It was something th...
J. J. WATT No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short tur...
J. J. WATT When I picture myself after football, it's down home, coaching high school football, just a rela...
J. J. WATT I know that I'm going out there, and I know that I am going to get hit in the head. I know that&...
J. J. WATT Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professiona...
J. J. WATT If you're an outsider looking into my life, you're thinking, 'That dude is crazy. He'...
J. J. WATT Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out ...
J. J. WATT I get a lot of letters that say, 'I'm a normal, down-to-earth girl. I love to cook, and I lo...
J. J. WATT My dad's a firefighter, so I know what it's like for policemen and firefighters to be on the...
J. J. WATT If you're going to nap, make sure you have a proper chunk of time blocked out. I'm not one o...
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