Chris Bohjalian Quotes
I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.Chris Bohjalian
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
J. Michael Straczynski -
Comedians take a neat situation and turn it into a mess. And in my books I do the same thing, but it's the other way around. I like to mess around with mess. A mess is only a mess because someone tells you it is.
Ursus Wehrli -
I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
Ted Dekker -
It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
Felicity Kendal -
People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
Taron Egerton -
I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
Jack Kemp
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
Garrett Hedlund -
I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
Adam Garcia -
I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
J. G. Ballard -
I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
R. Kelly -
The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
Orison Swett Marden -
I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
Ban Ki-moon
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
Vanessa Bayer -
Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.
Patrick Lencioni -
I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.
Rafael dos Anjos -
Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
Lalla Ward -
In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
Naomi Klein -
People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
Oliver Evans
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I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me.
Lake Bell -
The relationship with time changes when you're captive.
Ingrid Betancourt -
I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler.
Candace Bushnell -
Wars may make heroes of men, but not all the time.
Jane Yolen -
I made history and therefore did not find time to write it.
Klemens von Metternich -
I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.
Chris Bohjalian