Chris Crutcher Quotes
My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I believed I was invincible.
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The reforms proposed by the Patent Reform Act of 2007 are precisely the type of congressional action needed. The Act will remove obstacles to growth and restore balance to the patent system.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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In India, there's a way of seeing life as a cosmic play. It's called Lila. I can watch my life, and I can see my guru playing with me.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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We suffered a setback and there were too many trades until Dave Taylor came along and Charlie Simmer.
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Any woman who stays with her abuser beyond the first incident is complicitous with him.
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All of man's artefacts, whether hardware or software, whether bulldozers or laws of chemistry, are alike linguistic in structure and intent. (p. 227)
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My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere.
