Philip Kerr Quotes
I don't think any of us know how we would react until we were put in a situation where we have to do something bad or do something good. I think I'd like to believe I'd act like a decent human being, but I'm realistic to know I don't know.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.
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Saving Milly was a break from this effort because I felt that it was time to be part of something that could shed light on a disease everyone feels they know, when most know so little.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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I went to Mission Bay High School. Me and my brother, we both went there.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I look out at the stadiums full of people and see them all knowing the words to songs I wrote. And curling their hair! I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny. And wonderful.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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A noble soul and real poetic talent are almost always inseparable.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
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It's strange that we create tech and then we apply it to machines, when we could apply it to ourselves. Cars can now detect if something is behind them, but we don't have this ability. Why are we applying such a simple sense to a car when we could apply it to ourselves?
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If ergonomists have their way, future products won't be built for some hypothetical average person but will conform to the biomechanical needs of whatever particular human body happens to come into contact with them.
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I certainly love getting to know the babies if I'm going to be working with them.
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A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.
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I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.
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I don't think any of us know how we would react until we were put in a situation where we have to do something bad or do something good. I think I'd like to believe I'd act like a decent human being, but I'm realistic to know I don't know.
