Mark Vonnegut Quotes
Once you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.
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First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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In India, therapy is not part of the culture; it has not become such a big need.
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The study titled 'Impact of Immigration on Wages, by Education Level, 1994-2007' found that increased immigration had an effect of lowering wages for earlier immigrants by an average of 4.6 percent. Running counter to popular perception is the finding that for native-born Americans, wages actually increased by 0.6 percent.
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I've always had a complicated relationship with sleep. Even as a little kid, I never wanted to go to bed - it always seemed unfair in some way.
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As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films.
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He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either.
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I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet.
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I was a young man wanting to slay dragons, but I'd grown up swaddled and in a post-dragon world.
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Once you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.
