Andrew James Hartley (A. J. Hartley) Quotes
Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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Sometimes when you finish a book, you don't know quite what you've got.
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
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Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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I like Noah from 'The Notebook.' One - hundred percent. I fall in love with him so hard.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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The game can be quite dangerous when you look at certain injuries, especially head injuries.
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I can't get that live and I don't have the time to take the tape, after I've finished recording it, into a little studio somewhere else where I can get a different kind of percussion sound.
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Dead are all gods: now we want the overman to live.
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
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As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity.
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Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.
