Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'
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The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
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The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.
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I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.
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Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time for us to remember that those who serve in civilian life also embody the American spirit and are worthy of our praise as well.
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The danger with Margret Thatcher is that when she speaks without thinking she says what she thinks.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in one's own imagination.
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It is all very well, when the pen flows, but then there are the dark days when imagination deserts one, and it is an effort to put anything down on paper. That little you have achieved stares at you at the end of the day, and you know the next morning you will have to scrape it down and start again.
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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
