Dave Sim Quotes
Stop trying to impress some art-school teacher with a stick up his butt whose opinions you never respected from the time you entered his class until you left it 10 years ago. Draw like you. (p. 27)

Quotes to Explore
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I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no different. Being forced to come up with those scenes on short notice helped how we were viewing the show and forcing it to come into its own.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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Federalism is no longer the fault line of Centre-State relations but the definition of a new partnership of Team India. Citizens now have the ease of trust, not the burden of proof and process. Businesses find an environment that is open and easy to work in.
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Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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If there's one thing that 2009 showed us, it's that everything is happening everywhere, across multiple platforms, each one making waves that end up crashing against each other and commingling into one giant media sea.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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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 don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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Poverty-fighting programs are not handouts - they are investments.
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Being on the run wasn't fun, but it was something I had to do. I was actually working in legitimate jobs. I wasn't living on people's credit cards. I was living like a character out of a movie. It was performance art.
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God is back and Europe as a whole still doesn't get it. It is our biggest single collective cultural and intellectual blind spot.
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I figured out something spiritual. Billboard this: 'Life is supposed to be fun!'
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The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.
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Stop trying to impress some art-school teacher with a stick up his butt whose opinions you never respected from the time you entered his class until you left it 10 years ago. Draw like you. (p. 27)