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“Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported.”

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Jack Adams, born on June 14, 1895 in London, Ontario, Canada, was a renowned ice hockey player. He achieved remarkable success in his career and is considered a legendary figure in the history of Canadian ice hockey. more

“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Knows Want Problem Difficult Views Position Particular Setting Settings Medieval Position Of Power Patriarchal Society

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I grew up with four T.V. channels. If you missed a show, you missed it. You gotta wait a week for the next one. I'd mail-order books: take a quarter, get an envelope, send off for it and wait until it arrived. I grew up waiting for things.”

Ifs Book Shows Order Next Waiting Four Week Grew Grew Up Quarters Mail Envelopes The Next One

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships.”

Looks Different Would Be Imagine England China Lists Ships Flags Encyclopedia Denmark

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age.”

World Book Age Earth Desire Imagination Saws Middle Mars My Imagination Middle Earth

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations.”

Years Done Shows Film Television Couple Hollywood Originals Including Features Staff 80s Adaptation

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I knew that, when writing a book, you're not constrained by a budget. You're not constrained by what you can do, in terms of the special effects technology. You're not limited to any particular running time.”

Writing Book Running Term Can Do Technology Special Effects Particular Budgets Writing A Book Special Effects

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I never do anything fun, because I'm a housewife. I hate that word 'housewife.' I prefer to be called 'domestic goddess.'”

Hate Fun I Hate Goddess Housewife

Author:Roseanne Barr

“I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?”

Ifs Feels Should Trying Book Character Care Dies Events Reader Grieving Superficial Popcorn Fictional Character

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I was a novelist first. But in the mid 80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, you know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.”

People Knows Years Firsts Five Television Cost Ten Scripts Reactions Budgets Novelists 80s Terrific

Author:George R. R. Martin

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