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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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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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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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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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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Every stylish man should have a copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand on his bookshelf.
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The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director.
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They almost made me get up and walk out of the building in the third quarter. They got it righted and played good defense to get back in the game. I knew that Kobe would find a way out there to help us win.
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For me, having a balance between work and personal life is very important.
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When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.
