Christopher Paolini Quotes
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Platinum for me signifies everlasting love, which needs to be celebrated in the most special way.
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I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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The good romances are as good as anything.
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Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.
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This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.
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I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.
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Sometimes a book influences me because it winds me up. There'll be something that gets under my skin and makes me think that I can do better.
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Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.
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I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.
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In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
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The freedom to express yourself without fear - that perhaps is something we in the U.S. take for granted. It's almost inconceivable to think we would be afraid to express our opinions or thoughts, but that's not true for all parts of the world now, and certainly not before World War II.
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Italians tend to be less rigidly moral and law-abiding than do Anglo-Saxons. They also have a profound suspicion of the state and most of its agencies.
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But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional steps to avoid a trade-off between protecting ourselves against terrorists attacks and preparing for and responding to natural disasters.
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Here, everything was chaos. People I didn’t know kept grabbing me right before I was supposed to go on, putting things in my hand and instructing me to hold still while they took pictures.
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Better to die than to live in fear.
