Philip Pullman Quotes
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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When you grumble about a taxi being dirty, people your own age will absolutely agree with you, whereas younger people say, 'You should be so lucky to have a taxi - I walk to work!' So I have lots of young friends, who fortunately don't treat me as a guru, a person that knows all the answers.
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In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
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Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
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Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
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Economize in other things if you must, wear threadbare clothes if necessary, but never cheat your body or brain by the quality and quantity of your food. Poor, cheap food which produces low vitality and inferior brain force is the worst kind of economy.
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The end of poetry is not to create a physical condition which shall give pleasure to the mind... The end of poetry is not an after-effect, not a pleasurable memory of itself, but an immediate, constant and even unpleasant insistence upon itself.
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Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I have worked with top directors like Rajamouli and Vinayak and with upcoming directors like Vamsi.
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Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.
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You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.
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I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.
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A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work.
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O Light Invisible, we praise Thee! Too bright for mortal vision.
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Any random group of thirty Vietnamese women will contain a dozen who make Julia Roberts look like Lyle Lovett.
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Morals are three-quarters manners.
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The good in this world far outweighs the evil. Our common humanity transcends our differences, and our most effective response to terror is compassion, it's unity, and it's love.
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I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings.
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I had to get rich so I could afford to sing like I was poor again.
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It is difficult for me to imagine what “personal liberty” is enjoyed by an unemployed hungry person. True freedom can only be where there is no exploitation and oppression of one person by another; where there is not unemployment, and where a person is not living in fear of losing his job, his home and his bread. Only in such a society personal and any other freedom can exist for real and not on paper.
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...Their problem was not that they failed to believe in God; it was that they did not know God; it was that they did not know God. It took only one generation for that knowledge to be lost. But it’s also true that what can be lost in one generation can also be restored in one generation
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Comics are a wonderful form. You can do so much with it.
