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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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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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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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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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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My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.
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No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution... revolution is but thought carried into action.
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Fear is inevitable, I have to accept that, but I cannot allow it to paralyze me.
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While all the pomp and circumstance of war animated others, it only saddened me; and all of past reflection, all of future dread, made the whole grandeur of the martial scene, and all the delusive seduction of martial music, fill my eyes frequently with tears.
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Because I say what is empirically true: nothing exists except God, I am deemed to be insane. (ibid, p. 28)
