George Perez Quotes
It wasn't until I went to my first comic convention while I was in high school that I got to see actual comic book artists and original artwork in real life, up close. That was when I first realized that this is what I wanted to do for a living.
Quotes to Explore
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
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I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don't want to feel responsible for adding to the soup of mediocrity.
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When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
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I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up to two wonderful people, my foster parents.
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You watch some teams these days and you wonder if they just met on the playground and decided to choose up sides.
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Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.
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It wasn't until I went to my first comic convention while I was in high school that I got to see actual comic book artists and original artwork in real life, up close. That was when I first realized that this is what I wanted to do for a living.
