Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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Sometimes I get emotional when I'm doing 'Lonesome Valley' or 'Wildwood Rose.'
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.
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Monks throng like a kennel of pups from disputing with the masters who instruct them whether the run of the wind is one, or one the ocean's waters or one the spark of fire - an illimitable clamour.
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Fear is always there; it's a survival instinct. You just need to know how to manage it.
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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
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The basic idea of 'The Venture Brothers' was taking the world of 'Jonny Quest' and jumping back into 30 years later, seeing how someone who grew up like Jonny - with that kind of space race enthusiasm and disregard for other cultures - would turn out. Dr. Venture is a boy genius who didn't grow up to be what he should have been.
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Barking hard work, being a boy.
