Philip K. Dick Quotes
Fiction Appeals to the base lusts that hide in everyone no matter how respectable on the surface.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Microsoft's Windows 3.1, released in 1992, was the first truly successful edition of Windows and juiced the Redmond juggernaut. Apple's Macintosh System 7.5, released in 1994, was another in a string of versions that lacked key architectural features that the Mac didn't have until Steve Jobs returned and brought with him the code that became OS X.
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One of the defining dynamics of 2008 has been the emerging wave of new, young voters getting involved and storming the gates of the traditional political establishment.
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I don't feel I fit in with morning television because I'm like a vampire and I like to stay up late.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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Working hard is way more fun. If you had to goof off 40 hours a week, you couldn't do it. It would drive you crazy.
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A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.
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I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
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I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.
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Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
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I don't ever want to grow up. That's boring.
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Disneyland is a show.
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If I'm not going to get a part, tell me why.
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I remember, as a kid, going into other people's houses. Everything was different. The smells in the kitchen were different; the clothing was different. That bothered me. There's something very mysterious about other families and the way they function.
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When I had my first camera - I was a child of the '80s. I remember what it was like reusing the same tapes over and over again, and having really bad quality and images kind of bubbling up from under the surface.
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I had the good fortune to spend hours with my parents around the dinner table having debates on politics and economics.
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I love being on tour; I love being on the road. It's the most amazing feeling ever. I live for it; I love it.
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I started out as a receptionist. I typed, I filed, I answered the phones for a little nine-person company.
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I started writing poetry in high school because I wanted desperately to write, but somehow, writing stories didn't appeal to me, and I loved the flow and the feel and sense of poetry, especially that of what one might call formal verse.
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'Shameless' is just such a realistic show.
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If I've been working a lot and I've been away from my kids, then I don't go to the gym. It's okay to miss a day. I tell myself not to feel bad about it, too, because then it's a waste if you choose not to do something and feel bad.
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Companies that grow for the sake of growth or that expand into areas outside their core business strategy often stumble. On the other hand, companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.
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Fiction Appeals to the base lusts that hide in everyone no matter how respectable on the surface.
