Christopher Priest Quotes
What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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All I can do is make good music and make it for the fans, not for anybody else.
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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I wanted as little formal linguistic theory as I could get by with. I wanted the basic linguistic training to do a translation of the New Testament.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work.
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Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative.
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My grandmother was a nanny for an Orthodox Jewish family, and she would come home and tell us about that.
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Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows.
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Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
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What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances.
