Darren Shan (Darren O'Shaughnessy) Quotes
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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Your barber always knows everything that goes on in the town, doesn't he?
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute.
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People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
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I talk to student-athletes. I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes. You need to get an education, keep your hands clean and try to represent the university.
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When we were making KONG, I went into the sound room and made an aria of horror sounds. I was in charge of it; there was no one there to listen to me. I was totally in charge of what I wanted to do.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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I just love dancing.
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Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.
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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
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Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.
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Roman Catholics utter their Papal edicts, Protestants quote their Bible, Fundamentalists declare their orthodox theological dogmas, and we are all expected to renounce private reflection and peacefully acquiesce to these pronouncements. And the result is that the dignity of the person is violated by such oppressive, intelligence-smothering forms of communication.
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The only way to learn and hone your craft is by working hard and writing regularly.
