Michael Berryman Quotes
Censorship is a strange situation. There was times when people would burn books because they didn't like what people were doing.
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It's mad what each generation vilifies. It's not necessarily to do with logic.
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When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Science fiction writers have usually been very poor prognosticators of the future, either in literary or technological terms, and that's because we're all too human and, I think, have the tendency to see what we want to or, in the case of those more paranoid, what we fear.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God.
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The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
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The thing about Pablo is that he wasn't happy with what he had - just being the sixth richest man in the world. He wanted to be loved. He wanted to be accepted. He wanted to be President of Colombia; he wanted his kids to go to the same school as the Colombian elite. But he wouldn't be accepted by the elite.
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I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.
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Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.
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I always thought acting was all lights, camera, action. It's a job; you have to do your job correctly.
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Trees cover up a multitude of sins.
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When obedience is so impious, Revolt is a necessity.
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All the gold upon the earth and all the gold beneath it, does not compensate for lack of virtue.
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You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.
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There's no comparison to me. There's nothing like Yankees- Red Sox to me.
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My situation is different from Mark's. I'm not looking for home runs, I'm looking for the playoffs.
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I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.'
