Philip K. Dick Quotes
Isn’t a miserable reality better than the most interesting illusion? Or is it illusion, Barney? I don’t know anything about philosophy; you explain it to me because all I know is religious faith and that doesn’t equip me to understand this.
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.
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There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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How can I wage political battle against a widow who does not mean anyone any harm except only the president himself?
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We saw simply distribution was changing, content, premium content, premium stars; we're going to be able to do more in the world as it evolves.
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Friendship is the complete explanation of what a Cheetah Girl is - if you have that true friendship, you can conquer anything you want.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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Hip-hop in the '90s began moving towards the Nation of Islam and the 5 Percenters, black nationalist movements; very much so, these movements embraced a form of Islam: Malcom X's form of Islam prior to his change.
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People need to have clear goals about why they are exercising, and they should consult a fitness expert to find out what kind of exercise is suitable.
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Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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Free government is self-government. A government of the people by the people. The best government of this sort is that which the people think best.
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I think that idea that sort of our emotional self and our emotional life is a faucet that you turn on and off, and that we are in control of it entirely, that's a really appealing idea for a lot of people. But there are certainly the times where it's appealing to me, but it never quite works the way I hoped it would.
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Isn’t a miserable reality better than the most interesting illusion? Or is it illusion, Barney? I don’t know anything about philosophy; you explain it to me because all I know is religious faith and that doesn’t equip me to understand this.
