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An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly. ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#assuming #awful #being #decent #even

Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled. ↗

— Steve Martin

#disneyland #enjoyed #father #go #go home

I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society. ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#additional #any #difficult #essentially #i

I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out? ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#comes #coming #days #e-mail #first

I love performing in front of an audience and seeing smiles on the kids' faces. ↗

— Shannon Miller

#faces #front #i #i love #kids

There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings. ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#examples #good #human #human beings #kings

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me. ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#am #bad #book #director #effects

Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me. ↗

— Harvey Martin

#always #been #easiest #easiest thing #i

I killed many a quarterback. I felt like I scored when I took their head off. ↗

— Harvey Martin

#head #i #killed #like #many

I'm not mean, just aggressive. ↗

— Harvey Martin

#i #just #mean