Brian Lumley Quotes
The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.
Quotes to Explore
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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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No two wars are identical.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.
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Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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Any item of clothing that covers the face and makes it impossible to identify individuals is open to abuse.
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No one even knows one percent of the fabulous history of Man; but thanks to history, we know about occurrences that go beyond the limits of the imaginable.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter.
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Terrorism is the price of empire. If we do not wish to pay it, we must give up the empire.
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The problem with relegating black history to one really short month, the shortest month, is not only are we telling the same stories over and over again - which are amazing, George Washington Carver is incredible, there's nobody like Frederick Douglass - but there are so many.
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When I originally went into government early in my career, it was because I was interested in finding ways to help people by finding policy solutions that would help people. And what's amazing about Facebook is that we're able to use our platform to help people, too.
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This fight is more about what Roy Jones lost than what I took.
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My best holidays were in Devon and Cornwall when the children were growing up. We always used to stay on farms because our children were pretty wild, and it was great going to the beach every day. We used to go to Launceston and Salcombe and all over those two counties.
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The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.
