Philip K. Dick Quotes
This is an artifact and that was a relic. This is alive in the now, whereas that merely remained.
Quotes to Explore
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.
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I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it's raining or snowing. That's what an actor should do.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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I love singing Christmas carols. I know every harmony to every music-hall Christmas song.
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Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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At age 14, coming to the U.S., all I knew was American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and some of the European companies. I barely knew anything about Balanchine.
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I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.
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This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us. This is required of us so that the face of the earth may be renewed.
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I've punched a fan in the face because he was obnoxious. I've also pinched a child and made him cry, but I was 10 then!
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It was five years since I'd won a race, so I was a bit bewildered.
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If the light is right, you can squint at the Taj and see the specter of its black twin on the other side of the Yamuna - and it is then that you truly marvel not just at the Taj, but at the wonder of what might have been.
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If I've tried to bring anything to federal politics, it's the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart; we can look after each other better than we do today.
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In almost every single way, George and I share the same values. And if we differ on some issues, it's very, very minor.
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Charity is really self-interest masquerading under the form of altruism.
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With 'Someone New', I was at my rawest, and I didn't want to cover it up. And same with 'You Should Know' and 'Under the Table.' I wanted it to be the lyrics and the chord progressions, and the intricacies of the guitar of 'Someone New' are so delicate, sometimes that's all you need.
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I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift.
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I first felt a fist - and then a kick, I could now smell their breath,They smelt of pubs - and Wormwood Scrubs - and too many right-wing meetings.
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His majesty not only confirmed the decision to which the commissioners had come, but issued other royal letters by which Cortes was empowered to banish from New Spain all deserters and those Spaniards who strolled about the country like vagabonds, as they obstructed the conversion of the Indians to Christianity. Further, all lawyers were forbidden to settle in New Spain for a certain number of years to come, for they only created lawsuits, quarrels, and dissensions among the inhabitants.
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This is an artifact and that was a relic. This is alive in the now, whereas that merely remained.
