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Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you through, hand out the diplomas and you fill in your name later on.

~David Eddings

Topics: Bachelor Beef Being College Degree Diploma Fill Hand Just Later Like Name Normally Out Prime Reed Required Sort Stamped Thesis Through Us Walk You Your

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I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.

~David Eddings

Topics: Degree Had Happy Novel Professors Publisher Read Submit Sympathize Very Who Wrote

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When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.' That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life.

~David Eddings

Topics: Alive Experiences Gave Here Keep Life Many Me Men More My Life Out Own Possibly Ran Said Them Try Very You

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I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.

~David Eddings

Topics: Although Army Back Business Experiences Fallen Getting Grocery Happier Life Must My Life Out Right Say Up

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I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't.

~David Eddings

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All social workers want is to get everyone involved in a programme. Because a programme provides full employment for three generations of social workers. And they mess up.

~David Eddings

Topics: Because Employment Everyone Full Generations Get Involved Mess Programme Provides Social Three Up Want Workers

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Call it my little gesture toward social conscience, but I like to think I'm teaching a certain number of people to read. Now that sounds pretentious!

~David Eddings

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I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

~David Eddings

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The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.

~David Eddings

Topics: About Boss Christmas Day Every Every Day Except Half Thing Unfortunate Work Working World Worst Year You Yourself

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I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.

~David Eddings

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 7th, 1931

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