Dave Sim Quotes
I'd rather live in the gutter embracing reality than live like a king embracing unreality. 4

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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
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Prostitution and corruption are two things that mankind has had to live with for so long.
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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.
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The gift of song is just like... I think music is one of those true things in this world that is universal.
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I don't have a copy of my books, and the degree to which I never read them is profound. I never look.
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When I was very young, I took no interest in party politics. My line of interest was how can you be part of an influence to the society that you live in.
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I'd rather live in the gutter embracing reality than live like a king embracing unreality. 4