Michael Moorcock (Michael John Moorcock) Quotes
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Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.
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In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.
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Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.
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I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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When I got married in Bucharest, there were 10,000 people on the street. People didn't go to work that day. It was emotional to see how people care about you. I didn't expect that.
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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
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To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
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Philadelphia loves its team, and being able to win a World Series for the city, fans, players and our Phillies organization meant so much to me.
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Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well.
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The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.
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... I just know that, right now, … the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll.
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'Pilar - remember - nothing is so boring as devotion.'
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Later I became very involved in writing. I really enjoyed that moment of writing. People would pass around my sentences. That was a feeling I never had before. It was like a bullet out of the gun.
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The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.
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War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.
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Congress must demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
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Larry Hagman was my best friend for 35 years. He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew.
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I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.
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An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
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Fake friends are around when they think you're cool. True friends are around even when they think you're fool.
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If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it.
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Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.
