Rudyard Kipling Quotes
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
Quotes to Explore
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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I finish, like, one book in a day. That's my problem. That's why Kindle is good for me, because I put, like, 15 books in it.
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I feel so gratified about having finished college. I learned how to articulate myself. It gave me confidence more than anything. And also the ability to analyze the text.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.
Garry Kasparov -
I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.
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Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.
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When you are young, you sometimes play one good game and then one bad game.
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Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.
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The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak.
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Eventually there are going to be chips in brains. Imagine if you could just buy knowledge and download it into your head instead of having to learn it. Like in 'The Matrix.' Imagine all the years saved!
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story.
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My death scene in 'The Salton Sea' is really weird. I mean, I get shot in the head. What experience can you possibly draw from? There's nothing you can compare it to, really.
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There's only one note you ever get in broadcast and that's clarity.
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Talk health. The dreary, never-changing tale Of mortal maladies is worn and stale. You cannot charm, or interest, or please By harping in that minor chord, disease. Say you are well, or all is well with you, And God shall hear your words and make them true.
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I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work.
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Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
