Dean Koontz Quotes
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	Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.   
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	When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.   
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	The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.   
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	My parents were both entrepreneurs.   
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	I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.   
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	Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.   
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	I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.   
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	I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.   
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	The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.   
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	And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.   
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	I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.   
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	The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.   
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	TV feels quite constipated, and the thing I find particularly difficult is the branding of the channels where it's not 'Is it a good script?' but 'Is it a BBC2 script?'   
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	You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.   
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	Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.   
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	I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.   
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	I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.   
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	Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!   
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	A joke is a way to say, 'I'm going to do something funny now. If I don't get a laugh at the end, I'm a failure.'   
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	Faith is not in power but in truth.   
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	Utopia is a mixture of childish rationalism and secularized angelism.   
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	I think in order to keep America great, we have to keep America creative.   
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	When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.   
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	When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					