Piers Anthony Quotes
I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
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He passes from lyric to epic poetry in order to speak about the world and the torment in the world through man, rationally and emotionally. The poet then becomes a danger.
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
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Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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I grew up with the idea of the cyborg and the robot, but at the same time I felt this intense disconnection between the things I was engaged with and inspired by in terms of fun and play. It seemed like paintings and drawings were so static.
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It's always uncomfortable for me when I take off my shirt. No one else is taking their shift off. Why is everyone else in these movies bundled up in layers of clothing and I'm taking my clothes off all the time?
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center.
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Just because you've faced your own mortality, it doesn't make it any less frightening.
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It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' wears a wig, and many of them wears a prosthetic - false ears, feet, hands. In my case, nose.
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Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
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I know every line to 'The Little Rascals.'
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When you're writing, you're in a totally different zone... I can start a difficult poem and look up at the clock and see to my astonishment that three hours have passed.
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He checked, of course. Being sure and being willing to risk that surety against his future were not the same thing.
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Nothing in the whole world is of interest to me but my painting and my flowers.
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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to making it uncomfortable for everyone else.
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Obedience to a confessor is the most acceptable offering which we can make to God, and the most secure way of doing the divine will.
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If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.
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I have no drawing talent whatsoever. I cannot do it.
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As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make.
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I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.
