Brian Lumley Quotes
I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As an American writer of weird fiction, he was at the top of the class.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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Far too many candidates wear their faith on their sleeve.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.
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I like analyzing and managing large-scale transaction-processing platforms, recordkeeping administration, and brokerage trading services.
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I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.
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I think my strength is always been in being very natural. I think Shakespeare and things like that would be more a stretch for me.
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We have been using foreign affairs ministries to address security issues, but this practice is outdated. It's time to assign the handling of regional security to national organizations and expert institutions.
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When you spend 12 hours a day in front of a computer, that can become your world.
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I'm just not a fan of the gym. In fact, I hate it. I understand loving the feeling you get after working out all those endorphins. But going there? It's the worst.
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It's profoundly disorienting to go from zero to celebrity.
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The search for happiness has long been a dominant feature of American life. It's a byproduct of prosperity, not to mention the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence.
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I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As an American writer of weird fiction, he was at the top of the class.
