Dean Koontz Quotes
Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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There will not be a billion-shekel cut to education on my watch.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.
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Public schools helped create the idea of America and inculcate Americans with a few rudiments of knowledge. To judge by that very American item, the Internet, a few rudiments is all anyone cares to have.
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Culture follows power.
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I learned that saying you love your friends isn't enough: that love is a verb - it requires Acts of Love. It is all about the doing, not the saying, and now I make a point, every day, of emailing or phoning or making a plan with those I love.
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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We all want to be loved. We all want to feel accepted. We all want to feel content. And life is hard.
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When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test.
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Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil twin clone, but everything else in MR. MURDER was pretty much out of my own life.
