Michael Moorcock (Michael John Moorcock) Quotes
I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
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I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I want to do more documentaries and travel to places I haven't been. That is where I think I can be fulfilled.
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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
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I don't want to be an action star, an action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer, I want my career to get longer.
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Working with Chiranjeevi sir, I realized the professionalism and attitude they used work with. It's just so contagious. When such a personality is doing that, everyone around, too, would do that out of respect. Work was far more efficient, smoother.
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I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
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When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.
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I record all night and sleep all day.
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If we don't believe in moral absolutes and then we get into a cultural-political debate, how are we going to win?
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A noble deed is a step towards heaven.
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When you see evil do not form ideas that are in the likeness of that evil; do not think of the evil as bad, but try to understand the forces that are back of that evil—forces that are good in themselves, though misdirected in their present state. By trying to understand the nature of the power that is back of evil or adversity, you will not form bad ideas, and therefore will feel no bad effects from experiences that may seem undesirable. At the same time, you will think your own thought about the experiences, thereby developing the power of the master mind.
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People always make mistakes when they fancy themselves exceptions.
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I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.
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I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.
