Gene Wolfe Quotes
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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Some of the best things about being a vegetarian include, of course, contributing towards the welfare of animals. Being a vegetarian can also make you a healthier person, and it helps the environment. All of these things make vegetarianism worthwhile. It's really a win-win situation.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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Hungary was the only Central European country that was not able to create a new constitution after the collapse of the communist regime.
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I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy.
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I'm very happy I get to keep working - it's an insanely fortunate thing.
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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I never go wild with nails.
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I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.
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I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.
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My dad and I used to watch 'Ninja Warrior' all the time back when it was in Japan. I would always say, 'I could do that,' kind of joking, but obviously kind of serious.
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The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all Iraqis together, builds a happy future for the people of Iraq, and gets Iraq to stand on its own feet.
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.
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A lot of people have culturally induced ethical blindness, but they can be cured!
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I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.
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If you subtracted all of the great artists who never drank, who never went to excess, you wouldn't have any more art left. What kind of poem are you gonna get out of a glass of iced tea?
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I look like everyone.
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After having seen the job done on that first show of mine, I realized that I felt like I wanted to work again for a short while. Two, three years, then stop.
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'Vert' is, like, straight to the top, like a vertical leap.
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Paradoxes explain everything. Since they do, they cannot be explained.
