Jack L. Chalker Quotes
No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
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Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.
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Nothing is absolute in security.
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Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.
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'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody and a lyrical idea, and then build off of that story.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.
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For those unfortunate enough to experience it, long-term unemployment - now, as in the 1930s - is a tragedy. And, for society as a whole, there is the danger that the productive capacity of a significant portion of the labour force will be impaired.
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I wanna create a character that's really memorable... like Julia Roberts did in 'Pretty Woman.'
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For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker,' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't know he could act. I saw that, and I said, 'Wow. I want to be just like him.'
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I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.
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You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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There's always merit to having a debate.
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Those of us lucky enough to fall in love with Asia know that it's an affair that's as long as it is resonant.
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Well, the stuff that has become more commercial doesn't have any edge.
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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With my dad coming from a theatre tradition, there was a lot of preparation before auditions. Not just in terms of saying the lines correctly but a process of entering into what it was all about.
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To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
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No, I don't autograph blank slips, checks, or stickers, and certainly no books without me in them.
