Anthony Clifford Grayling (A.C. Grayling) Quotes
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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I just sing. You have to use it.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.
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Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.
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With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.
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That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know I've paid homage to it many times in my drawings.
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I am a member of the Peace Society because I was a soldier: because I have fought and seen what war is like from personal experience. It was on the battlefield that I pledged myself to the cause of peace.
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I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
