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 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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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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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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Poetry is not a genre in harmony with the modern world; its innermost nature is hostile or indifferent to the dogmas of modern times, progress and the cult of the future.
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The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.
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Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
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Not that they were there to have fun—although with Kingsley Martin around, fun was never far from the agenda.
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A policeman stopped me and said: Would you please blow into this bag, sir? I said: What for, officer? He said: My chips are too hot.
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It's just always been a hobby of ours to make music that makes us happy and excites us when we make it.
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Jack: A potential Cabinet Minister if ever I saw one. Dishonest in a way which seems embarrassingly frank. Upright when creeping. And dignified when at his most stupid.
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Resolve to pay any price or make any sacrifice to get into the top ten percent of your field. That payoff is incredible!
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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.
