Jack L. Chalker Quotes
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
Barbara Kingsolver -
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Abraham Lincoln -
Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
Val McDermid -
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.
Pat Robertson -
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.
Lance Henriksen -
The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
Oswald Chambers
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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?
Dana Brunetti -
You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
Karen Duffy -
Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
I like power and I like to use it.
Sam Rayburn -
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.
Karen Thompson Walker -
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.
Larry Holmes
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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.
Fiona Apple -
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
Mae West -
We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
J. K. Simmons -
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
Ed Harris -
My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any religion. Nor of any holy book or any priest. I have certainly not replaced their god. They are all a part of what I call my traveling circus.
Rajneesh -
I went to private school my whole life. Growing up in Los Angeles, you're surrounded by not just Connecticut privilege but, like, your-dad's-a-movie-star privilege.
Paloma Elsesser
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And when you discover what you will be in your life, set out to do it as if God Almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it. Don't just set out to do a good job.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Alfred Lord Tennyson -
I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
Patrick Fischler -
The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.
Aristotle -
It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I was able to get my foot in the door through comedy. I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to do it.
Rachael Harris -
I write novels and other things.
Jack L. Chalker