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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.

~Ed Begley, Jr.

Topics: Always Benefits California Car Environmental Environmental Protection Everything Led Pioneering Protection Reduction Source Stationary Way

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I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.

~Ed Rollins

Topics: Administration Became California Campaign His Involved Nixon Part President Re-Election Republican Running Second Second Term Start Summer Term

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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.

~Edan Lepucki

Topics: Always Am California Created Good Magic Most Occurred Old Sexy Via Will World Worried Writing I Am

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Before my book, 'California,' came out, I had modest hopes for it. Or, let's put it this way - I had the same hopes that every literary fiction writer in America has: I wanted the novel to be well-received, critically. As for sales? I didn't want it to disappoint, but I didn't expect it to be a best-seller, either.

~Edan Lepucki

Topics: America Before Book California Came Critically Disappoint Either Every Expect Fiction Fiction Writer Had Hopes Literary Literary Fiction Modest Novel Out Put Sales Same Want Wanted Way Writer

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With 'California,' editors were reading it, and fast, and others were emailing my agent to request it. Ultimately, there were a few editors interested in the book, and it sold at auction about two weeks after the submission process started. I couldn't believe it!

~Edan Lepucki

Topics: About After Agent Auction Believe Book California Editors Fast Few Interested Others Process Reading Request Sold Started Submission Two Two Weeks Ultimately Weeks Were

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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.

~Edan Lepucki

Topics: Apocalypse Cal California Characters Create Depleted Frida Funny Give Intuitively Moved Much Out Set Simply Thought Through Two Type World

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I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.

~Edan Lepucki

Topics: Because Before Book California Creating Did Diversity Enjoyed Even Experiences Eye Long Mother New Pregnant Son Started Took Twinkle While World Wrote

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When I was 18, I drove from New York to California to be a movie star. Not an actor, mind you, but a movie star. Have you ever heard of anything so silly?

~Edd Byrnes

Topics: Actor Anything California Drove Ever Heard Mind Movie Movie Star New New York Silly Star York You

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Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.

~Edsger Dijkstra

Topics: Bad Bad Idea California Could Exceptionally Idea Only Originated Programming Which

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Globalization has produced a new of level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era.

~Eduardo Paes

Topics: Abide Among Boundaries Brazil California Chains Computer Countries Designed Economic Economy Era Evidence First Globalization Integration Interdependence Level Multinational New New Era Ordered Other Other Countries Political Produced Several Strong Supply Us

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