John Clute Quotes
Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by its title, its cover and its location in the shop.
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Maybe now that we have the same sponsor in Remington we can spend some time together outdoors.
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The talent curve in game-making is going straight up to Heaven.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Everyone talks about the big three-oh with dread - but it's exciting. It feels like life is much more put together. Everyone's like, 'Wouldn't you like to be 20 again?' But no way.
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You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at.
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It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.
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I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.
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There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
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Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
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You can make a board for all the goals you want in your life with the pictures on it, and that's great, daydreaming is wonderful, but you can never plan your future.
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I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me. I believed this because my sister Emily convinced me of it when I was a toddler. I think she'd seen Invasion of the Body Snatchers and her imagination ran away with her. There's a part of me that still believes it.
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I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.
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I was born with this heart condition, but it's never affected me – I've been able to play every sport I wanted to, and the doctors were amazed.
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I hardly ever watch the news... I love reading newspapers, but I know they're dying out.
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I'm not a politician - it's not my cup of tea.
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In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and for someone who's quite shy to stand up in an audience to speak takes some courage.
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I love contemporary culture. Even the stuff I don't like.
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As soon as I saw [Barrett], we both hugged and talked and forgave each other. I think we became truer friends, better than we were before the fight.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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Roger Federer is stylish.
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I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.
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The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.
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Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by its title, its cover and its location in the shop.
