Stephen R. Donaldson (Stephen Reeder Donaldson) Quotes
We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.
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Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Most people don't understand that being in the public eye is emotionally exhausting. It takes a lot out of you.
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I cultivated this fan base that I really didn't really understand or appreciate until I put my first headlining tour up for sale. 500- to 1,000-capacity rooms weren't an underplay for me at the time. I'd never done a tour before!
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I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need to do it.
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It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
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My dad doesn't get any of my jokes. He laughs at them, but he doesn't understand them. He's just laughing because people around him are laughing.
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Unless we remember we cannot understand.
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We lived in a flat that you could pretty much fit in my current kitchen. No wonder people drink! I can't understand why they don't throw themselves off the balconies.
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I assume that we are all limited by our own brains and experiences and can only understand other people and other creatures through a kind of translation that brings them closer to us.
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I want the world to understand that a Palestinian state means no Israeli state. That's the equation.
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We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
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I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.
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Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.
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And understand: class differences will not save you.
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As I understand it, sport is hard work for which you do not get paid.
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Africans need to be kicked, that's the only thing they understand.
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What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.
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My appearances are almost theatrical performances. I bring items for the children to see, such as photographs and actual piece of meteorite, a family quilt, sometimes spectacles, sometimes clothing, so that they can understand what I write about is family stories based in fact.
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When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
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We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.
