Paul S. Kemp Quotes
Original work has no floor and no ceiling. You can reach essentially zero readers or millions.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
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The religions that fascinate me and, you know, could possibly tempt me are not the ones that involve faith or belief. They're the ones that offer you the opportunity to know the spirit or deity.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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For far too long, virtually every time Americans have been asked to make 'tough choices,' it has resulted in disproportionate harm for hardworking Americans and retirees.
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If you're watching a film on your television, is it no longer a film because you're not watching it in a theatre? If you watch a TV show on your iPad, is it no longer a TV show? The device and the length are irrelevant; the labels are useless, except perhaps to agents and managers and lawyers, who use these labels to conduct business deals.
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I don't fear death, it must be like a long sleep.
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It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.
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When she was pregnant with Teddy, she feared that she’d give birth to a child who disliked reading. It would be like giving birth to a foreign species.
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If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.
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Honestly, if I can plan out a few meals ahead of time, I feel much more organized.
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An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.
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I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.
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If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
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If I venture to displace ... the microscopical speck of dust... on the point of my finger,... I have done a deed which shakes the Moon in her path, which causes the Sun to be no longer the Sun, and which alters forever the destiny of multitudinous myriads of stars.
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What happens when you believe something with all your heart? Belief fuels enthusiasm, and determined enthusiasm explodes into passion. It fires our souls and lifts our spirits.
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Most people are so frightened of the name of mathematics that they are ready, quite unaffectedly, to exaggerate their own mathematical stupidity.
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The first music I remember hearing was the traditional songs of Kentucky - things like 'Roll Along Kentucky Moon.'
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I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.
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Patience is important, and also, if you don't want to do it, don't do it. But if you do, do. That's a general rule in how I live my life.
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Original work has no floor and no ceiling. You can reach essentially zero readers or millions.
