R. A. Salvatore Quotes
That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth. In a way, I'm using them to try to find my own answers in life.
Quotes to Explore
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched.
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.
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There must be another life, she thought, sinking back into her chair, exasperated. Not in dreams; but here and now, in this room, with living people. She felt as if she were standing on the edge of a precipice with her hair blown back; she was about to grasp something that just evaded her. There must be another life, here and now, she repeated. This is too short, too broken. We know nothing, even about ourselves.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own, like pieces of furniture that should be judged as to their usefulness, elegance.
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Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.
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Leave a message, don't leave a message. live, die, it's all the same dream.
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That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth. In a way, I'm using them to try to find my own answers in life.
