Ian Watson Quotes
Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
Quotes to Explore
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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Bill Clinton is not a hypocrite. If a man believes that it is just and moral to redistribute wealth, there is nothing hypocritical in his attempts to redistribute some of that wealth to himself.
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The movies I used to watch, I remember always being so angry because I felt like I, as a teenage girl, was never truly represented in a film. There were always bits of me that were represented - I'd watch 'Juno' and be like, 'Oh, well part of me is like that, but it's still not the whole thing.'
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I’d been fighting for this relationship since the day I first saw his water eyes.
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The people I see on bicycles look like organic-gardening zealots who advocate federal regulation of bedtime and want American foreign policy to be dictated by UNICEF. These people should be confined.
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Emotions are far more contagious than any disease. A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus ever could. When you walk into the office or a negotiation, then, wash your bad mood away before you see us. Don't cough on us, don't sneeze on us, sure, but don't bring your grouchiness, your skepticism or your fear in here either. It might spread.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
