G. Bruce Boyer Quotes
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If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
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Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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When you cease to dream you cease to live.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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The muses visit when I'm lonely.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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I was so ashamed of who I was.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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I don't mind having people over, but it's weird how much more withdrawn I've become than being social in public places, I guess.
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My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.
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I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.
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Politicians need a film appreciation course.
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After a couple of years at Vertigo, I realized that if I was going to be a professional artist, I'd have to devote myself to it full time, so I ended up leaving my job there and went freelance.
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Real luxury is understanding quality, and having the time to enjoy it.
