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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Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country.
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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.'
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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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Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades.
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My philosophy is whatever you do, you've got to invest in yourself. If you don't, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they're more prepared than you.
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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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I have worked in a very close and cordial way with Norwegian representatives at many international meetings, and the pleasure I felt at those associations was equaled only by the profit I always secured from them.
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Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.
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Punk, and rock in general, is often very myopic. When people sing about "the world," they're generally focused almost entirely on the west and Europe. Sometimes South America. Sometimes Asia. But rarely Africa. The Ex, famously, is one of the few rock acts to travel and perform in Africa which, may be home to more musicians than just about anywhere else in the world.
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When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don't want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking.
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Harry Dresden: Don't mess with a wizard when he's wizarding!
