Del Shores Quotes
I can't tell you how many letters I've gotten where someone showed 'Sordid Lives' to their mom, dad, or family and used it as a tool to come out.
Quotes to Explore
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In my life, I wanted to feel tall. I wanted to be somebody. I wanted to be tall as the Sears Tower. I wanted to be on top of the Sears Tower. I wanted to be as strong as the Sears Tower feels.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
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I think with world building, it's important to create a sense of culture even if it is just a fantasy, and the best way to do that is to look at a real human culture and see what makes it cohesive.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and our neighbors, truth will retaliate with ugliness, poverty, and disease.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.
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Having a sincere desire to want growth does not mean at that point you are committing yourself to growth.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.
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I can't tell you how many letters I've gotten where someone showed 'Sordid Lives' to their mom, dad, or family and used it as a tool to come out.
