Dean Koontz Quotes

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

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• By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Life
  • Help
  • Health

• Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.

  

  F. Murray Abraham
  • Painting
  • Kitchen
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• I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • Know
  • Never
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• I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • Always
  • Poverty
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• I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • Want
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  • Learning

• I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

  

  Abigail Breslin
  • People
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• Produce great men, the rest follows.

  

  Walt Whitman
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  • Rest

• Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

  

  Malcolm Muggeridge
  • Religion
  • Sex
  • 20th Century

• An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.

  

  Hans Hofmann
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  • Idea
  • Expression

• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  

  Gary Larson
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  • Think
  • Me

• Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
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• If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.

  

  Nate Diaz
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  • Job

• You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.

  

  Larry Page
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• Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

  

  Pamela Hansford Johnson
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• If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.

  

  Abby Wambach
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• I've been incredibly lucky. I've worked in two iconic shows, 'Carry On' and 'EastEnders.' If it all ended tomorrow - and it could - I'd just be terribly grateful. I've been fortunate enough to do what I love and get paid for it.

  

  Barbara Windsor
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• You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Happy
  • Campers

• Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • People
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• I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of 'Law & Order.'

  

  Keke Palmer
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  • Law
  • Chicago

• Monopoly of one kind or another, indeed, seems to be the sole engine of the mercantile system.

  

  Adam Smith

• Somewhere, everywhere, now hidden, now apparent in what ever is written down, is the form of a human being. If we seek to know him, are we idly occupied?

  

  Virginia Woolf
  • Book
  • Reading
  • Humans

• Stories without endings can do nothing but go on forever, and to be caught in one means that you must die before your part in it is played out.

  

  Paul Auster
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  • Forever
  • Caught

• In countries around the world, people spend more money on food because they know how precious it is.

  

  Alice Waters
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• Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

  

  Dean Koontz
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