John Scalzi Quotes
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Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
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If this were all to go away tomorrow, all the big success, I would still be very happy going from bar to bar playing music for people.
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I think for being not unsympathetic that their appearance may also appear, so differently it, must; similarly as with animals, which meet us in very different forms, which look somehow harmonious however all. On exactly such forms I would stand.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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You eventually get used to looking at girls picking their leotards out of their bums and that sort of stuff.
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It's great if you're funny or if you can dance, but if you are kind and decent, it comes out your pores.
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Yeah, I'm running for the White House again. Well, it's not a run, really; it's sort of a brisk walk.
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I've used a stylist twice, and that was when I didn't have time to go shopping or pick up an outfit for a photo shoot. I think you should dress yourself, have fun with it - it's only clothes.
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Because I've a track record of talking about books I never write, in Australia they think I'm about to write a book about Jane Austen. Something I said at some festival.
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I played piano and was always in the choir. I tried to play flute because all the pretty girls played flute.
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There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it's nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.
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Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.
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I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think I'm an introvert, or quiet and moody. I've even heard some people say that there's a certain mystery or darkness about me. I'm not that way. I'm just really into what I do.
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The only instrument I know how to really play, and the instrument that I absolutely love, is the piano. I have been playing piano ever since I have been 9.
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Never judge a work of art by its defects.
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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'm enjoying every moment of my life. We are so fortunate just to be alive.
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I had the benefit of watching good people show me what it really is to be an actor – the day in and day out of it.
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I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.
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I'm grateful that the team allowed me back. I'm looking forward to making it up to them.
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Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to.
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I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped.
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'I have no idea what that means, Nick,' Paulson said. 'Talk normal human to me.'
