My goal is to sweep the reader away from his world and bring him along for the adventure. Learning something new shouldn’t feel like work, nor should today’s younger reader be underestimated. If done correctly, there is no need to “dumb down” the plot or simplify words. When someone tells me he thought The Serpent’s Ring was easy to read, I know I succeeded in my storytelling. H.B. Bolton
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
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Mahatma Gandhi
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.
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Nicholas Klein
Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.
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Criss Jami
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
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Confucius
We give up on life so easily. It's time we stopped and started fighting for it!
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Anthony T. Hincks
More Quotes By H.B. Bolton
Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.
I think it's huge, especially in team sports, for players to be able to rely on each other and to really trust in each other.
I have done 'Sports Illustrated, ' but I don't regret it because it portrayed me in a positive way - as an athlete.
I rarely felt or noticed any real divide between girls and boys when I was growing up. Maybe it was because I was so involved in sports and competed with the boys. Maybe it was my mom and dad, who constantly instilled confidence in me...
It wasn't until 1999 when my idols Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly took home the women's World Cup trophy at the Rose Bowl in front of 40 million TV viewers that I remember thinking how rare it was to see women play sports on TV.
