Mark Z. Danielewski Quotes
'House of Leaves' is certainly about the unsettling nature of fear - and it was my aim to address that - but it's also about recovering from fear.
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I know all the critics.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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I am a Christian guy. And I am kind of quiet about it because I want people to take me seriously before I throw something that serious in their face.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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I like to play dress up, I'm in love with fashion.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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Working gets in the way of living.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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I've been blessed in many ways, but none of the heights from football can ever compare to the depths you go through when you lose a child.
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I think if you're gonna do something as silly and lighthearted as entertainment, then why not be interesting when you're doing it?
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If the disagreement was strong enough, we could end up pretty close to the borderline of incivility.
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It was a very idyllic childhood, surrounded by utterly beautiful landscapes that I got very, very bored of when I hit my teens. But being on your own a lot and being bored is good for your imagination. It makes it stretch.
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Mythology and history are my passion. I grew up in a religious family and learnt about our scriptures and philosophies. It's the language I'm comfortable with.
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'House of Leaves' is certainly about the unsettling nature of fear - and it was my aim to address that - but it's also about recovering from fear.
