Kage Baker Quotes
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
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I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates.
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Isaac and I are going to Israel to ride for peace enviromental justice and a safer world for us all.
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I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.'
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I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.
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We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of course, based upon what we know, which is ourselves and other animals. So we make up stories about how the world was hatched from a cosmic egg or created after the mating of cosmic deities or by some fiat of a powerful being.
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Music used to be a lot more about angst for me. Now it's the only form of meditation I do.
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I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.
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If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.
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Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective White House chief of staff. He did not make many enemies, and he had the ability to persuade people with that soft tone and very reasonable style of his. He's always been exceptionally good as the right-hand man.
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I guess my feeling is is that if you're going to make a joke, that's fine, but you should also sort of stand behind it, you know? A joke should be more than a joke, it should be a point that you're trying to make.
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Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.
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I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing.
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I do get around. Geographically, that is.
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I'm always cracking up when I hear what people think I should be doing.
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I learned that there are two things that kids really like: movement and love. Happy kids move; unhappy, they don't move.
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I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.
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I like the idea of capturing people who aren't there to save the world.
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I start out giving characters archetypes and parameters. Once I know the basics and have a rudimentary model, it's easier to carve unique curves and edges. It's quite easy to guess how a character is going to react if you know their background, and at a certain point, you realize you understand them personally.
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I keep lot of my opinions to myself. My grandfather, who was a gravedigger, told me one day, 'Son, the next time you go by the cemetery, remember that a third of the people are in there because they got into other people's business.'
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Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.
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Failure may be just a step toward your eventual goal.
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Times had changed.Sooner or later, they always did.
