Christopher Buckley Quotes
I was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone.
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How do people move on after they've lost the love of their life? It's a really interesting thing to look at. It happens to people every day: you see people... even in the worst, most war-torn places, people get up and continue with their lives. And it's a fascinating thing about human nature. That ability to just continue on.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the years, I've really gained an appreciation for melody. What's cool is that when you're singing, you have to be concise, and when you're rapping, you have the opportunity to be really detailed with your lyrics.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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That's one of the great things about comedy: we can - and should - say the things that other people aren't supposed to say. If we didn't do that, if we didn't push against those limits, we'd just be standing around onstage and yelling.
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I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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When I was a general assignment reporter early in my career, I was the one knocking on their door after a tragedy.
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Even back then, I exuded self-confidence, and that drives women crazy.
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If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.
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I don't give a damn what anybody says. I don't think at 70 and 75 that you can be as productive and efficient as you were when you were 40 or 50.
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Probably 90 percent of the stuff I make has inevitably been done before... Whether it's playing Hamlet, which has been on the go for 400 years, or pieces from the cinematic world that also have been essayed before, I feel released by that.
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Oh, I did stop smoking a long time ago.
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The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise.
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I was an only child with a lot of time to kill. I suspect a lot of writers are only children, or only children become writers because it's a way of being alone.
