Jim Butcher Quotes
Harry Dresden: Santa is a much bigger and more powerful faery than Toot, and I don't know his true name anyway. You'd never see me trying to nab Saint Nick in a magic circle even if I did. I don't think anyone has stones that big.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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The devil made me do it.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
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I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.
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Mark Zuckerberg talks about telepathy, and Elon Musk has invested in trying to create a brain-machine interface.
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Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.
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There are several things that can create an alpha - stock buybacks are one. High dividend yields are another, especially nowadays because the stock market yields more than the banks and the tenure treasury. But by and large, it tends to be companies with a strong cash flow, rising sales, accelerated earnings, a profit margin expansion.
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Disappoint anyone… hell, disappoint everyone – but don’t ever disappoint yourself.
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Harry Dresden: Santa is a much bigger and more powerful faery than Toot, and I don't know his true name anyway. You'd never see me trying to nab Saint Nick in a magic circle even if I did. I don't think anyone has stones that big.
