H. P. Lovecraft Quotes
As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, [and] steel their emotions against decent human sympathy.
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
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I'm definitely a foodie.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different.
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I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.
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Keeping in touch with the people that matter is important.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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American television is popular everywhere and its what I grew up on.
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Friendship was another illusion like love, though it did not reach the same mad heights. People pretended that they were friends, when the fact was they were brought together by force of circumstances.
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If you know exactly what you're going to do, what's the good in doing it?
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If I turn on the television, am I to believe that that is America? I'm sorry, I don't believe that's America.
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, [and] steel their emotions against decent human sympathy.
