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I am learning, as I make my way through my first continent, that it is remarkably easy to do things, and much more frightening to contemplate them.


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TED CRUZ The American free market system is the greatest engine for prosperity and opportunity that the world...
TED CRUZ When I was a kid, I figured I would be a physicist when I grew up, and then I would write science fi...
TED CHIANG I started submitting stories for publication when I was about 15, but it was many years before I sol...
TED CHIANG We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
TED CHIANG I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to b...
TED CHIANG The universe began as an enormous breath being held. I am glad that it did... until this great exhal...
TED CHIANG There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, ...
TED CHIANG Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
TED BELL I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is ...
TED BELL I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that'...
TED BELL I think it takes a lot of desire because I think a lot of people who've never written books don&...
TED BELL You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.
TED BAILLIEU I think there is a degree of speculation that is satisfied the climate is changing.
TED BAILLIEU A week is a long time in politics.
TED BAILLIEU The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first...
TED BAILLIEU I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.
TED ALLEN Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
TED ALLEN People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibilit...
TED ALLEN I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine foo...
TED ALLEN The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the seco...
TED ALLEN In recent years, I've been writing because I'm fortunate enough to work in the world of food...
TED ALLEN Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.
TED ALLEN However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been...
TED ALLEN For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drud...
TED ALLEN