Malcolm Lowry Quotes
But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink.
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We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law clearly states that the responsibility for giving a sound basic education to our children lies with New York State.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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I was trained in classical piano, but it kind of dawned on me that classical pianists compete for six job openings a year, and the rest of us get to play 'Blue Moon' in a hotel lobby.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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I never lie to my fans.
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I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
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My grandmother taught me to knit, and as I knit, my mind returns to my childhood.
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Emir said: 'This way everyone lives in a body of a kind for a while, and then leaves its body behind so that it can be remade for someone else. That's a very simple explanation, but it will do for now. Then all new life has a chance to live, and lots of room. Then we each take turns, so we can come back on new bodies when there's room available.
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This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
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ABC is owned by Disney, so it's a little more conservative than Adult Swim. Polar opposites.
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The deplorable thing is that the people who were tortured yesterday, torture today.
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But my lord, Yvonne, surely you know by this time I can’t get drunk however much I drink.
