Jim Butcher Quotes
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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I write novels and other things.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
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So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.
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My mother never watched me train in Romania. She wasn't allowed, it just wasn't done back then. My training was paid for by the government. My parents were not at the Olympics with me, either. I never expected them to be.
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I am not a politician by nature, but I will say I think there need to be more women in FIFA, and I would be open to having those conversations when the time is right.
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Red is uplifting.
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I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. The thing is if you have 10 views that land you on the left side of the aisle and two views that land you on the right side of the aisle, then people just put you on the right side of the aisle. I'm not sure why.
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An exoteric book contains then two teachings: a popular teaching of an edifying character, which is in the foreground; and a philosophic teaching concerning the most important subject, which is indicated only between the lines.
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Combine your mental images with the emotion of desire to accelerate their realization.
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Know ye not who would be free themselves must strike the blow? by their right arms the conquest must be wrought?
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Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.
