Christopher Moore Quotes
I have that special sort of novelist body of knowledge which is extraordinarily wide and very, very shallow. So I can usually answer the questions on 'Jeopardy,' but never the bonus question.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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You become a character in a meta-drama into which your own dramatizing has pitched you. The rewards can be fantastic, the punishments dismal; it's a zero sum game, and its guarantor of value, its marker is that you pretend you play it solo, preserving the myth that you alone are the wellspring of your creativity.
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I brought one big question with me to Harvard. Why do smart companies fail?
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No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.
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I have that special sort of novelist body of knowledge which is extraordinarily wide and very, very shallow. So I can usually answer the questions on 'Jeopardy,' but never the bonus question.
