George Chapman Quotes
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
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I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.
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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
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My books cover many aspects of daily life through which your children will recognize their own relationships in their families and communities.
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I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.
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I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.
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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.
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I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them.
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Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights.
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It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.
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I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well.
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All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.
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There's something about the expanse of nature that forces you to think clearly.
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Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.
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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Hatred observes with more care than love does.
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I think clothing is transformative. When you put something really beautiful on, you feel something. In so many ways, we're always playing a form of dress-up - it's just a grown-up, much chicer version of it. It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be.
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I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.
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Man is a name of honour for a king.
