Don Coscarelli Quotes
Look, I like to fantasize that there's more to reality than what we have here, and that's why, from a young age, I just loved Philip K. Dick's books.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
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Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high, you're setting yourself up for disillusionment. The land of governance is paved with gray streets, not black or white ones.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography.
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I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.
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'I'm just an ole redneck from Texas who ain't a Democrat or Republican, but I can look at a guy and tell whether I like him or not.'
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'The Nutcracker' is the ballet that keeps on giving.
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A major way that losses are generated in real estate ventures is through depreciation, which is supposed to reflect the way that assets lose value over time. But a well-maintained building typically gains value.
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Radical innovation is difficult to fund. It seems scary. And the really radical things seem even more scary.
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You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
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Look, I like to fantasize that there's more to reality than what we have here, and that's why, from a young age, I just loved Philip K. Dick's books.
