Christopher Priest Quotes
The way that I process and make writing work is I'm really telling true stories; I'm just putting them in a cape and putting an 'S' on its chest.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian.
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When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.
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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
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A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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Nashville, there's people that are ten times more talented than me, ten times better singer than me, song writer than me, but for some reason you get the ball, and now - and now you run with it. And you do the best you can.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome.
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We cannot have the fruits of the gospel without its roots.
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I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.
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I'm artistically critical of my own work.
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The idea of taking up art as a calling, a profession, is a mirage. Art enriches life. It makes life worth living. But to make a living at it-that idea is incompatible with making art.
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The way that I process and make writing work is I'm really telling true stories; I'm just putting them in a cape and putting an 'S' on its chest.
