Christopher Moore Quotes
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
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When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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Lyndon Johnson was a profoundly insecure man who feared dissent and craved reassurance. In 1964 and 1965, Johnson's principal goals were to win the presidency in his own right and to pass his Great Society legislation through Congress.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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We're in a world that celebrates things: success, beauty, money. And I reckon that's really about 4 per cent of the world. The rest of us are just getting on with it.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
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Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.
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Every country has the right to determine its own laws. And India can't afford monopolies.
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We used to listen to Lionel Barrymore do 'A Christmas Carol' on the radio long ago, and I like Reginald Owen, who played Scrooge in the first treatment for the screen. But my favorite Scrooge was Alastair Sim. He was enchanting, an absolutely beautiful performance.
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This is the definition of happiness: a whole day stretching out ahead of me, beautiful in its emptiness and simplicity.
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Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.
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Everything in Venice is just a little bit creepy, as much as it's beautiful.
