Boris Spassky Quotes
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.
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When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it.
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In a lot of movies, you'll see people on crazy dates, and you're like, 'No one would ever do that!'
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Well it was sent to me, well because almost everything that is written in Baltimore is sent to me. And David Simon, who was a writer for the Baltimore Sun, spent one year following the homicide squad in Baltimore and he chronicled that period of time.
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Be willing to shed parts of your previous life. For example, in our 20s, we wear a mask; we pretend we know more than we do. We must be willing, as we get older, to shed cocktail party phoniness and admit, 'I am who I am.'
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I'm a writer. I'm not an actress.
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I was blessed with a good character in 'Hollyoaks,' and I cut my teeth in 'Brookside' as well.
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If U.S. air, naval, missile, and ground forces were not in and around Korea, and if we were not treaty-bound to fight alongside South Korea, there would be no reason for Kim to build rockets to threaten a distant superpower that could reduce his hermit kingdom to ashes.
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A nation never falls but by suicide.
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I know LSD; I don't need to take it anymore. Maybe when I die, like Aldous Huxley.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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Did you think to kill me? There's no flesh or blood within this cloak to kill. There is only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof.
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The world has so much suffering in it already-choosing to be vegetarian is one thing you can do to reduce the suffering on a daily basis.
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My parents always knew that I loved music. They just didn't think I'd try to make it a career. They thought I'd be a painter or an art teacher or something like that.
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I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.
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I think it would be bad for storytellers in general if one company was able to seize a 40-50-60% share in storytelling. I don't think monopoly market shares are good for society, and I think they'd be particularly bad for society and storytellers if they were achieved in the storytelling genre.
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To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first
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There's a really classic cliche every time you switch the TV on - you see cops arguing. I have spent a day a week for many years in the presence of police and I have never seen them argue. It's a military hierarchy. They do what they're told. There's no bickering.
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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
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I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.
