James Schuyler Quotes
It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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When you are 'world building,' people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does it feel like it has a history? I try very hard to pay attention to details.
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I really, really pride myself on being a professional and a man of keeping my word. It means a lot to me, truly.
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Why do so manysettle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them.
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I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail.
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Aging gracefully is one thing, but trying to slow it down is another. Sometimes I use Botox. Compared to most, I use it very sparingly. One time I did too much, though. I feel weird if I can't move my face, and that one time I overdid it, I felt trapped in my own skin. I don't have a problem with any of that stuff; if it makes you feel better about yourself and it's done properly, then fine.
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It is always pleasant to learn that someone takes an interest in a work which one enjoyed writing.
