Max Brooks Quotes
Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.
Quotes to Explore
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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.
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I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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I'm not in a position to go back into public service.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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Early on, after gay liberation, there was an almost Stalinist pressure from gay critics and even gay readers to write about positive role models. We were never supposed to write negative things about gays, or else we were seen as collaborating with the enemy.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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We are facing extreme volatility.
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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
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I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
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Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.
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I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.
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My parents had to go to Ohio to get married in 1965 because it was still illegal in Mississippi. My white father and black mother.
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I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina.
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Every year I try and challenge myself more and more, whether it be acting or everything I do. I just want to try and be better than the year before.
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Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice and they are also the most protected.
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'The Office' is not one of those things you move away from. I don't want it to go away.
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Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze. A power failure makes us aware of what a gift electricity is; a sprained ankle lets us appreciate walking as a gift, a sleepless night, sleep. How much we are missing in life by noticing gifts only when we are suddenly deprived of them.
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Wherever you are - be all there.
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Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.
