Gene Wolfe Quotes
Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.
Quotes to Explore
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I am healthy and happy.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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Honestly, I wasn't familiar with the whole DC comics world and the Batman world before I was part of 'Gotham.'
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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Pollution, defilement, squalor are words that never would have been created had man lived conformably to Nature. Birds, insects, bears die as cleanly and are disposed of as beautifully as flies. The woods are full of dead and dying trees, yet needed for their beauty to complete the beauty of the living.... How beautiful is all Death!
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Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves.
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'T was good advice, and meant, my son, Be good.
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In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
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I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up.
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Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.
