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 saw things at an early age because my mom was a theater actress. I did a play with her when I was 10 years old.
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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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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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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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For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules - it hasn't been taught us by means of strict rules, either.
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My expectations are incredibly high.
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When you get into these NFL rushers - the power, the speed, the bull rush, and all those kind of things - it's just different than college football.
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A pleasant-smiling cheek, a speaking eye,A brow for love to banquet royally.
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Yeah, but before anything, I think in 6 years somehow I've grown up to have a beautiful home, 2 beautiful stepchildren, a beautiful husband, my family is healthy and happy. I'm financially ok and I do what I love for a living. That's what I think, and I think god, how did I get so lucky.
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Mathematics is, in many ways, the most precious response that the human spirit has made to the call of the infinite.
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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I start with a mood or an idea that comes from a personal place emotionally, and the narrative concepts come much later.
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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.
