Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was obsessed with space, and I was really excited about, you know, being an astronaut and designing rockets, which was something that was always exciting to me.
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I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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I think something that's very relevant in real life and that they don't portray enough on TV is that when you think 'Christian,' you think 'goody two shoes' - they have to look a certain way and do certain things - and it's just not true.
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I'm very active, wild woman.
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Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
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Comedy is a comfortable yet challenging place for me. I will always feel an inner pressure to do my best and to improve.
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I was lucky in my early years to play for a Karnataka team that was trying to forge itself into a strong side, and they were years of fun and learning. In the Indian team, I was fortunate to be part of a wonderful era when India played some of its finest cricket at home and abroad.
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Then proudly smiled that old man To see the eager lad Rush madly for his pen and ink And for his blotting-pad – But, when he thought of publishing, His face grew stern and sad.
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What happens to George Clooney and Bruce Willis is great, but I can't gauge my career by anyone else's.
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Respect and a gentlemanly character - those are marks of a Nebraskan.
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Questions that have no right to go away are those that have to do with the person we are about to become; they are conversations that will happen with or without our conscious participation.
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I don't see myself as exotic.
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I was too embarrassed to tell anyone I wanted to make a movie because I thought it would be seen as a vanity project because I was a singer.
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I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover.
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A special button transfers him immediately to the first page of the index. Any given book of his library can thus be called up and consulted with far greater facility than if it were taken from a shelf. As he has several projection positions, he can leave one item in position while he calls up another.
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The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.
