Gene Wolfe Quotes
People who get eyeball arthritis see only what they're supposed to see, like that TV screen.
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished.
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I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice cream shop, magician for kids' parties, not even in my early jobs in radio.
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People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me is that if it's nasty, I then have to go and have a look, even though actually I don't want to know.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
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I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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If you don't like or care about your job, what's the big deal?
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I come from a position where it seems like I have an addictive quality to everything in my life.
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Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
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In the West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber are the face of their songs.
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People who get eyeball arthritis see only what they're supposed to see, like that TV screen.
