Eric Van Lustbader Quotes
Because doing the right thing is not the goal, doing the best thing is what you must strive for.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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Cooking allows you to have travels, adventures and journeys without going anywhere. The running joke between my partner and me is that I'm not really concerned about how long it takes, or how much I destroy the kitchen, because I just have such a good time doing it.
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A secret is a secret in my mind.
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The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.
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No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person on 'Justified' a run for their money in the scary department.
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If it's a big hit, fantastic. If it's not, then it's not. I don't worry about my work.
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I've always, in some way, incorporated sampling into my work.
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New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.
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I have found that my fan base is a bit above average when compared to the common horror fan.
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I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people. I write about people doing the kinds of things that people do.
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I don't mind being called 'Supernova.' If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one!
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I loved the writing process. I loved it.
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I want to direct one day. I want to write my own thing and really be behind the scenes because you have more creative control.
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E.U.-U.S. ties are deeper than any change in politics.
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The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
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Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present.
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Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.
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A lot will be decided on Saturday. I want to see how our guys handle certain situations. At times, we've practiced very well in all phases of the game.
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We must not rest until right livelihood is within reach of every human being upon this earth we love and cherish. We all have a role to play in achieving this goal.
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Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.
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Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property ... He must be taught to amass wealth, but it must be only to increase his power of contributing to the wants and demands of the state... Education can be done effectually only by the interference and aid of the Legislature.
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I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it.
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Because doing the right thing is not the goal, doing the best thing is what you must strive for.
