Michael Koryta Quotes
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
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Christianity doesn't demand that we worship our ancestors. If we don't remember our ancestors, then, in all likelihood, we cannot also recall the distant past.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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I'm not cynical.
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They call me Fearless Felix.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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Many people still believe that 'green' solutions are too expensive, but they are actually much cheaper when all of the costs to public health, social services, and waste handling are factored into the same equation.
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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.
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Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?
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I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things.
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I am angry when I hear things like Cheney whispering into Bush's ear on the way to Obama's inauguration to ask him to pardon 'Scooter' Libby and not to 'leave a soldier on the battlefield'. What kind of metaphor is that for his petty partisan views, when you have men and women giving the ultimate sacrifice? I have nothing but contempt.
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I've always wanted to be on an original cast recording. I grew up listening to them, and now to know that my voice is heard on three or four of them is just surreal. I never thought I would be that person.
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To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.
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The voices of fear are so loud today. The voices of love should never shout, but neither should they whisper - not at a time like this.
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
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I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail.
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It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.
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What I love is the writing, it's not having written. I like the process of it.
