Dean Koontz Quotes
I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.
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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fairy tale, it heads quickly into frightening, bloody territory. I am afraid for my book, as it goes out alone into the world, just as I was frightened for Phoebe as I wrote and rewrote her story.
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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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You can write whatever you want about me in websites and newspapers, but no one really knows me. They get the idea that I'm a tough, heroic figure, but I'm a sensitive pussycat.
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'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.
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When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?
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A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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Music was the only voice of cinema for a very long time before we had sound; it's organically linked to cinema itself.
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It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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Instead of abandoning competition and giving banks protected monopolies once again, the public would be better served by making it easier to close banks when they get into trouble. Instead of making banking boring, let us make it a normal industry, susceptible to destruction in the face of creativity.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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Water is the foundation for our economies, communities, ecosystems, and quality of life.
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As a television actor, when we work in TV, what we're doing is making a product so that networks can sell ad space.
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If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, its influence and that of Hamas and Hezbollah are strengthened.
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Change always takes time.
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I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.
