Christopher Paolini Quotes
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I drove long distances like the 24 hours of Le Mans for years. But even this racing is now over. I retired.
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I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job.
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Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.
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A storm swept the world in 1968. It started in Vietnam, then blew across Asia, crossing the sea and the mountains to Europe and beyond. A brutal war waged by the U.S. against a poor southeast Asian country was seen every night on television.
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The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.
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My mom's a psychologist, and I think that has influenced me on a personal level. Plus, I'm just generally interested in visualization and humanity, social activity and technology, and what happens in aggregate.
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I would not want to live with a tube in my neck and not be able to move a finger. I wouldn't – that to me is not life.
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There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.
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My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.
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When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.
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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals.
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I was brought up Catholic, and I felt the power of art from a very young age - seeing the brutality of all those images of flayed apostles and tortured saints was a pretty strong introduction.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
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But it doesn't matter what you're doing, it matters how you're doing it.
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It is disconcerting to sit with your parent and find you're turning over your future to your government, which can't manage their money.
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I suppose I had a soulful quality. I was often cast as a wounded person, the 'sensitive' role.
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We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our investments. This tells why American helicopters are being used against guerrillas in Colombia and Peru. Increasingly the role our nation has taken is the role of those who refuse to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investment.
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You got to have a lot of courage. Secondly, whatever it is you're doing, you have to believe in it wholeheartedly. Thirdly, you have to be able to stand up in front of people and know that they'll laugh.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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I finally learned to love myself by dressing up as Geri Halliwell.
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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
