Christopher Buckley Quotes
Joe Scarborough was one of 74 Republicans elected to the Congress in 1994 in response to the missteps of the early Clinton era. He was the first Republican elected to Congress from his northern Florida district since the 1870s and handily won re-election three times.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
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Vampires and teens have a lot in common. Teens have surging hormones, vampires have surging blood lust. Teenagers think they're immortal.
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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I really can't believe what a state the Pyramids are in. I thought they had flat rendered sides, but when you get up close, you see how they are just giant boulders balanced on top of each other, like a massive game of Jenga that has got out of hand.
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I haven't a clue what's going to happen next, and I can't wait to find out.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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It's very hard not to let fame affect you because you are continually being told how good you are. After a while you begin to think there must be some truth in it because all those people can't be wrong.
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For years I've been seeing my young brothers wearing Scarface T-shirts, John Gotti T-shirts, Rick James T-shirts. We don't have any icons or idols to look up to, just rappers and professional athletes.
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I really don't have a favorite meal. I eat anything.
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Larry Merchant's just a commentator. He don't know nothing about boxing.
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When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you.
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The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.
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Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species -- man -- acquired significant power to alter the nature of the world.
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I want to win, and I know I'm supposed to win, but I think the biggest thing for me is I have to do the best job I can do but then also enjoy it.
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Soul ties. The thing that can make you hear an old-school slow jam and think of somebody you haven’t seen in years. Soul ties. The thing that makes old people who’ve been together for years finish each other’s sentences. Don’t you wish mama had told you when you were young that, when you lie with someone, you lie not just with her body but also with her soul? And whatever condition the other person’s soul is in, you are guaranteed to take a piece with you—whether you want to or not. Instead of being amazed at her booty, you should have focused on her mind.
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Simply follow nature, Rousseau declares. Sade, laughing grimly, agrees.
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Waiting for something horrible to happen is almost more draining than it actually happening.
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Joe Scarborough was one of 74 Republicans elected to the Congress in 1994 in response to the missteps of the early Clinton era. He was the first Republican elected to Congress from his northern Florida district since the 1870s and handily won re-election three times.
