Christopher Buckley Quotes
I worked at the White House in the early Reagan administration at a time when the deficit rocket really started to take off.
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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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The reason why I moved from Young Thug to Jeffery was because I felt like I did a wrong turn.
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I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.
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They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.
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I'm not bothered about what others are doing. All I want to do is excel in whatever it is that I do.
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At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.
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I'm comfortable in the locker room situation, so whatever.
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Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.
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We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.
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The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.
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I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a backhand, I don't return well, and then people would turn round and tell me I'm underachieving.
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I worked at the White House in the early Reagan administration at a time when the deficit rocket really started to take off.
