Jack L. Chalker Quotes
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I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm.
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
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You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
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I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.
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The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
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George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.
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I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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The injunction that we should love our neighbors as ourselves means to us equally that we should love ourselves as we love our neighbors.
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I respect all religions. What I don't respect is when people use religion to attack others. I've met people across the world, in the middle of nowhere, who are just trying to survive and all they have is religion. In some why, it helps them, and I wouldn't take it away from them. There are also people who use to to hate and kill. I don't consider them religious people.
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There's nothing to talk about to strangers anymore, if you know what I mean. Everything I want to say, I say to her.
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I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.
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I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and look pretty. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.
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I write novels and other things.
