John Scalzi Quotes
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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My parents were both entrepreneurs.
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All my books are optimistic!
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.
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To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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I feel like I have another level every year that I start a new season of basketball. If I continue to keep growing, and make everything consistent, I'm going to get better and better each year.
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I'd only been in the business three or four years, but I told myself that someday I'd like to be Mort Janklow.
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He’d grown a mustache since Randall had last seen him. It was hard to understand why: He looked devious enough without it.
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People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.
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Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?
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'Why ‘threep’? Why ‘clank’? Slang happens.'
