Jim Butcher Quotes
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
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I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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Utah has benefited from setting smart tax policy. That said, public finding is dynamic enough that we cannot just set the tax policy and presume that it does not require continual review and adjustment.
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I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.
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What worries me is the professionalism of everything.
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I like all kinds of music - classical, pop, rock, electronic.
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When I was a child, the FA Cup was one of the crown jewels of the sporting year, along with the Grand National, Wimbledon and The Open. But with every announcement it seems to lose another piece of its identity. First it was sponsors added to the name, followed by the semi-finals at Wembley.
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I decided to see how my voice sounds on different type of records. So I did Eminem and the Biggie, Florence and the Machine, and Muse covers. A couple of them just came from some jam sessions between me and my sister in her bedroom at my father's house in San Diego.
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Adopting big-business practices is one thing, and adopting agribusiness practices that would dilute the meaning of 'organic' is another. On the whole, I think we're doing a pretty good job of preserving the integrity of organic foods.
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You could say that any book that takes a position is not fair, unless you keep saying, 'On the one hand, on the other...' and take a great deal of trouble to present both sides. That kind of journalism tends not to be very interesting.
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The best way to direct kids is to be natural and honest.
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I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough.
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Karrin Murphy: I'm pretty sure there's no Nobel prize for pornography.
