Dave Sim Quotes
Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane. (ibid, p. 28)
Quotes to Explore
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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There is lasting kindness in Heaven when no kindness is found upon earth.
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Just because you have a disagreement with your friends or family members does not mean there are not plenty of other areas on which you see eye to eye. It just means you have a difference of opinion.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't worry about that. If you stick to it you hold the possibility open that you will have better days.
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People came at me with all sorts of offers, wanting to make me into a hard-core Cher. I had no desire for any amount of money to be reformed for someone's vision, because in the end, that's what you got: your clay in someone else's hands.
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Nine out of nine architects start with a sketch, and then they say, 'What should we make it out of?' I start from the bottom up - what should it be made out of - and then I worry about what should it look like. The material, the color of the material, the way it feels, and the way you respond to it is every bit as valid as the form or the shape.
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When I saw 'The Player', I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience.
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Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane. (ibid, p. 28)
