Douglas Horton Quotes
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
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Wrestling is different to me. As I talk to other wrestlers, wrestling seems a little different to me than it does to a lot of them. To me, it's about an artistic performance and about honing my artistic performance in pursuit of these minute moments of perfection. These little encapsulations. And none of them are ever perfect.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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Vamps no longer exist. Stars have taken their roles.
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Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
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What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?
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If 'Queen Of Denmark' was about my childhood, then 'Pale Green Ghosts' is definitely about my adolescence, and that period was completely dominated by electronic music.
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In orbit, you're keyed up and aware of everything going on, every little noise, anything that may have special meaning because of where you are.
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I am haunted by what my life would have been had I not had the courage in my early twenties to leave Pittsburgh for New York City and really commit to being a writer. Pittsburgh is both post-industrial and provincial, and the opportunities there are limited. It would have been quite easy to simply drift through life.
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I was able to represent my country and put on the red, white, and blue - how many people in the world get to do that? Standing on the podium with my teammates, and being the first women's gymnastics team to win this gold medal, it was life-changing!
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We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.
