Harry Mathews Quotes
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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The Internet was supposed to allow anyone to set up a web page and share their knowledge with the world. But in practice, it's too difficult and takes too long, and almost no one does it.
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Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
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I am not an educated man. I never had an opportunity to learn anything except how to fight.
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I've never had the patience of a teacher.
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Something I try to instill in others is to just be a good person. It's a decision you make a million times a day. But if you just keep trying, good stuff comes to you in an ordained way.
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I felt the most effective way to change people's perception was through the power of images.
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If I've learned one thing in life, it's not to be so judgmental of other people.
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Australia's beautiful, but I'm not too into Australian culture.
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I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment.
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I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words.
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Gravity wins over all other known forces.
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We grow by letting the customer tell us. So when the customer tells us that they're frustrated, that they just got their catalogue and we're already out of a product they wanted, then it tells me that we're not making enough. We let the customer tell us instead of creating an artificial demand for our products. Any time you're making products that people don't need, you're at the mercy of the economy, you're at the mercy of whatever is going on. So we tried to avoid that situation.
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If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I've spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG.
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I should just stop trying to control what's coming out of my mouth. I'm always going to keep what's important to me in mind and I completely understand considering that we're playing characters that are so coveted by so many people so I get why they want to know more about us. I just sort of have to not think about it.
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I think situations are more important than plot and character.
