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 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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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.'
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I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final draft and just end up throwing it away because you didn't figure out that mathematics of the story first.
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My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that.
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My mother took my picture to a model agency and the rest is history.
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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.
