Charles M. Blow Quotes
The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
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Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.
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I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.
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I barely need to reiterate what you already know: the close links that exist between our people and the people of Venezuela and Hugo Chavez, the promoter of the Bolivarian Revolution and the United Socialist Party he founded.
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South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people.
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People hate searching.
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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
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There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.
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It is true that some people are interested in the buying part of things... They want to buy everything from the movie reviews to the media net to the opinions and so on.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.
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I don't really believe in stories, only in the people who tell them.
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My relationship with the track was, I would say, at least fractionally as complicated as my relationship with my old man. So it kept me coming back.
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I happen to be one of the people who believe that the Internet is a force of good, and I'm very optimistic about it.
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We tend to rush through life, generally. We don't appreciate the people around us, the relationships we have, or anything.
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Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me.
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The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.
