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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All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on.
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As long as you keep yourself in love with people, you can transcend time.
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'It is not crazy to think that powerful people do some pretty horrible things. And maybe they get out of hand. Maybe it just gets away from them. It snowballs.'
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Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
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When I'm writing, I'm trying to access my subconscious and turn off my conscious brain. I use my conscious for research, but when I'm actually writing, I'm trying to get into a place where I'm tapping into the deeper, darker elements of what's going on.
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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.
