Philip Pullman Quotes
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I never do anything out of my comfort zone.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.
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I can always do five, five-minute rounds, any day, even if I was drinking yesterday or doing whatever. I'm a seasoned athlete, an endurance athlete, and I'm always working out.
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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.
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I have observed that society in general always seems to honor its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
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Women make us poets, children make us philosophers.
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A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world.
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Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds?
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When I finally put my guitar in the case the last time, I want to be remembered just as a singer, not as a country singer or pops singer - just a singer.
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Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness.
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Here among my books, my wife, my friends and my loves, I have plenty of reasons to keep living.
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My music and lyrics became an extension of this Indian philosophy.
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I was impressionable at that age, and my high school coach did such an unbelievable job helping me, so I want to do that for other kids.
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Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.
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The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of 'Le Language des Fleurs,' written by Charlotte de Latour and printed in Paris in 1819. To create the book - which was a list of flowers and their meanings - de Latour gathered references to flower symbolism throughout poetry, ancient mythology, and even medicine.
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'Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord.
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Nobody's going to write a book about me, because nobody's going to find anything worth writing a book about.
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There's a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.
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With comedy I can search for the profound.
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I can absolutely tell you that the FSB are rigged up to collect as much compromising information against any target they consider to be valuable. So when Trump was there in Russia, would they have collected against him? I think the answer is yes.
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At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself.
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I hold the subtle knife on behalf of the Guild.
