Christopher Priest Quotes
I'm abrasive. I am so sure that I'm right about virtually everything. I can sing you an aria of reasons to not like me.
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Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.
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If I get asked to talk to a group of CEOs or a group of high school students, I pick high school students.
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Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.
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I like to run fast but not drive.
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I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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I was absolutely delighted that those shows have been preserved.
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I don't think people spend nearly enough time thinking about what they like and what they're good at.
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As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.
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I don't wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. That's basically what I smell like.
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Reality is not exhausted by knowledge. Inaccessible to research are the ultimate facts. All scientific conclusions are based on axioms, all reasoning depends ultimately upon faith. Faith is virgin thinking, preceding all transcendent knowledge. To believe is to abide at the extremities of spirit.
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Sex is no longer a serious taboo. Teenagers sometimes know more about it than adults.
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So young when the pain had begun Now forever afraid of being loved.
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I never wish to be more charitable than Christ. I find it written: 'Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'
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My expectations are incredibly high.
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When I finished 'P.S. I Still Love You,' I truly was done with the series. I kept saying the books were two halves of a heart. But I suppose time and space had made me nostalgic, because my mind kept drifting back to Lara Jean and Peter, wondering what they were up to.
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The Singapore Open is the flagship event of the Asian Tour, it is a massive event and it is being played in a great place. I love coming here and it is good to be back.
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We still have to overcome the notion that a clarinet squeaks. People need to remember what a beautiful instrument it is, including in popular music.
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This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much.
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You have to find an identity that's true to yourself. You really have to find your own voice.
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I grew up at the piano, and I longed to write musicals.
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[On journalists:] They are as disruptive a menace to the public body: as grating turds in the intestines are to the private body.
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I get a special joy in knowing people feel comfortable if they see me in Wal-Mart or in a no-frills section trying to get something on a discount.
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The individual who knows the score about life sees difficulties as opportunities.
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I'm abrasive. I am so sure that I'm right about virtually everything. I can sing you an aria of reasons to not like me.
