Chris Bohjalian Quotes
I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with sex and beauty, and arises out of sex and beauty, is intuition.
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
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If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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As proud and capable as it is, I think the idea that the military can build new countries is a tall order, and it's the sort of thing that we would only expect from a military that we have superresourced and thought of as supercapable.
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The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all fell victim to chronically relying on Beijing's empty promises with the distant hope that China would finally use its influence to reign in Pyongyang's provocative behavior, to no avail.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there - and when I get stuck, which happens often, I take the dogs for a walk. But during the time when I'm not actually writing, I'm thinking.
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Kids need love the most when they're acting most unlovable.
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I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.
