Jasper Fforde Quotes
The inspiration comes from everywhere, from what I grew up with. There's so much silliness and nonsense in the world that we regard as normal working procedure. The satirical point of the view may be to counterpoint that. The way we look at classics has been hijacked by the intelligentsia - Shakespeare is highbrow and seen as something clever people do, which isn't right at all. I basically pull inspiration from everywhere.
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Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it's not government's role to be the primary dispenser of empathy.
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I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats.
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Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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I hate camping, but I love summer camp.
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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I don't believe in miracles.
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Personal shoppers in big department stores are seriously under-used.
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I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
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While taking sign language in high school, one of our assignments was to go out and participate in the deaf community, so I really got to know a lot of the group from that. I felt like they needed a little bit more of a voice because people treat them different just because they're hearing impaired.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.
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For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women.
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One way or another, Gaza's residents must live in peace with Israel.
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Even though education was key in my family, I had no access to museums or art where we lived. I was a bit starved.
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In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light.
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For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work.
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I've described my usual writing process as scrambling from peak to peak on inspiration through foggy valleys of despised logic. Inspiration is better when you can get it.
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You can find inspiration when you're not even looking for it.
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It was really positive, ... And that was great to see.
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I have been reluctant to lobby on other issues I most care about - nuclear weapons (against), religion (atheist), capital punishment (anti), AIDS (fund-raiser) because I don't want to be forever spouting, diluting the impact of addressing my most urgent concern - legal and social equality for gay people worldwide.
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The inspiration comes from everywhere, from what I grew up with. There's so much silliness and nonsense in the world that we regard as normal working procedure. The satirical point of the view may be to counterpoint that. The way we look at classics has been hijacked by the intelligentsia - Shakespeare is highbrow and seen as something clever people do, which isn't right at all. I basically pull inspiration from everywhere.
