Jim Butcher Quotes
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There is a serious tendency toward capitalism among the well-to-do peasants.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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If you were to ask me to pick my favourite author, well, there are so many of them, I'd really just have to say the first names that came to mind, and I'm sure that I'll later think 'Oh, I should have mentioned that one.'
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When I write a goal down - and I truly write them down - it becomes a part of me. That's a contract that I sign with myself to say, 'I don't care what happens - I'm going to stay on this path. I'm going to try and see this through; I'm going to give it my best shot, my best effort.'
Gail Devers
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When you go to the mountains, you see them and you admire them. In a sense, they give you a challenge, and you try to express that challenge by climbing them.
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I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.
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'Blade Runner' is one of my favorite films.
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'Lisa' was a film that I am really proud of and is probably hopefully going to be remade.
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Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?
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It has been a tumultuous journey, no doubt. But I feel blessed to have got work.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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It's kind of a crazy thing to decide that you're going to be worth tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars and set out to do that. It doesn't suit everybody.
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As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.
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Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive.
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If there was a template for success in sports, everyone would follow it. You do the best you can and trust the people you trust.
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Communism was overthrown by life, by thought, by dignity.
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To be honest, I wasn't crazy about the kind of poetry I found in high school English books. I didn't get really excited about poetry until I discovered Lorca in college. If it wasn't for surrealism, I'm not sure I'd have become so involved in poetry. I was attracted by the extravagant imagery and elements of fantasy. This was in the '70s and it seemed to fit the psychedelic mood of the times. I found it liberating.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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Because my father was an army officer, I was told to enter the military school during the war. Luckily or unluckily, one month before the entrance examination, I got polio, which made my right arm numb. It's still numb.
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Harry Dresden: Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!
