Michael Koryta Quotes
I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So each song takes on a different movement of the body. And the body has to go with the subject and the attitude that you have toward that subject.
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Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
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Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.
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When I happened to get into school, I felt like I could approach it as aggressively as things in the military.
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Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.
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There's no people like show people.
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I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds of films, dramas, romance. I'll watch comedies. I like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle. I'd like to meet them.
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I feel a man, when married, becomes more balanced. All the extra-curricular activities are done away with. The focus is on work and family.
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Open eyes will discover opportunities everywhere; open ears will never fail to detect the cries of those who are perishing for assistance; open hearts will never want for worthy objects upon which to bestow their gifts; open hands will never lack for noble work to do.
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Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.
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I'm out of my mind! Somebody told me that a long time ago. Some idiot! laughs … In a dream. I don't want to think about dreams now.
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With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
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Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do.
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The very first music I recorded by myself, when I was 17, I said it was by King Tuff.
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One person can make a difference. You don't have to be a big shot. You don't have to have a lot of influence. You just have to have faith in your power to change things.
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You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like it, then it is what it is.'
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I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish.
