Gene Wolfe Quotes
You have a walking stick. Suppose it could walk by itself, and that it chose to walk away from you. ... It would no longer be a walking stick at all, only a stick that walked.
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And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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I love women more than anything.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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I remember my dreams when I was a junior soloist. 'Oh, I hope I don't end here,' I thought. 'I want to do the ballerina in 'Scotch Symphony.' I don't want to be the little Scotch girl.' And I actually went beyond my wildest dreams. I worked with Balanchine. I had ballets choreographed for me.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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It's always nice when someone comes up to you and tells you they enjoy the show. At least they're not coming up and saying how much they hate it.
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
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Actors need to learn when their character is front and center and when it's more in the background.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.
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I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.
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I would leave school every day and walk to my grandparents' house under the El because everyone worked. I was 6 and walking home alone from school. It was a different city and a different time.
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You don't miss what you never had.
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You have a walking stick. Suppose it could walk by itself, and that it chose to walk away from you. ... It would no longer be a walking stick at all, only a stick that walked.
