Gene Wolfe Quotes
Very small, child, are the flying days of love, and men and women must catch them when they can, if they are to know love at all.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I will get my education - if it is in home, school, or anyplace.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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I'm blind without my glasses.
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Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?
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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.
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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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At 18, I wanted to work with the creme de la creme because I thought that was the only way to be successful. But I don't think any A-lister has done as many B-grade films as I have.
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Politics is the attempt to achieve power and prestige without merit.
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I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.
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We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
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Women tend to judge other women harshly. We should be kinder to each other, accept that we're all different and can make different choices. Not go for some kind of stereotypical idea that we're perfect. Frankly, I'm not perfect.
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I went to a public high school that had a very small graduating class of 156 students. I lived a relatively normal childhood until I turned probably around 16. Things started to take off career-wise.
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We segregate men from women, and no matter how many times we insist that men and women are equal, men and women should be treated the same, when it comes to the moment of excretion, even the most modern society - especially the most modern society - segregates two restrooms with little icons outside the doors, one wearing a dress, one wearing pants.
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Very small, child, are the flying days of love, and men and women must catch them when they can, if they are to know love at all.
