Jane Lindskold Quotes
I've never met any artist who illustrated one of my books, although I've corresponded briefly with one. I have always been impressed by the technical expertise involved in the covers, even if sometimes puzzled by the subject matter.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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I couldn't have children, so that's the bad side. But compared to everything else I have, it's not all that terribly bad. I count my winners rather than my losers.
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A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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There are a lot of great artists with great voices who aren't singing what they should be singing.
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My parents were very artistic, but busy.
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A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.
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In Japan, full-time homemakers have no economic power of their own, and they socially lead a faceless, anonymous existence.
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On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story.
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The other day I was thinking - because I get a lot of headaches - I was wondering whether the head should be where it is. Because, at the end of the day, it's probably the heaviest part of your body, right? And yet it's at the top as opposed to, I don't, dangling at the bottom somewhere.
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The idea that there is a rational truth out there that is not embodied in a person's politics is something I can't understand or subscribe to.
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We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.
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The West has demonstrated its ability in the past to project power and move troops to distant regions.
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There should be order if the development of the cyber world is to be sustainable.
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If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today.
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I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
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My parents are very cool and wildly supportive - maybe almost too much. I want to tell them to chill out.
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Her cunt gripped him like a warm friendly hand.
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I have frequently been misrepresented. I don't hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
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I don't want to paint myself as some villain - I was never a bad guy doing horrible things, but I got too caught up in wanting a very specific thing to happen to the band. Ultimately, I had to find the ability in myself to get over that and stop being so stringent and learn to laugh a little bit more.
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I'd like to pretend to be all Olympian and above it, as if this is a phenomenon I'm observing from a great height, nothing to do with my own behavior at all - but the fact is I'm absolutely one of those people in the cafe staring at my phone.
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I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.
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I've never met any artist who illustrated one of my books, although I've corresponded briefly with one. I have always been impressed by the technical expertise involved in the covers, even if sometimes puzzled by the subject matter.
