Michael Moorcock (Michael John Moorcock) Quotes
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
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I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across.
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Men are irrelevant.
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
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I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.'
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Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.
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I saw a documentary on the Naadam festival that happens in Mongolia during the summer. One of the features of it is a horse race across the plains that all the young men enter - some as young as 12 years old. It's such a spectacular sight. It's incredible to think that this is a tradition that has been going on for centuries.
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I am human like everyone else. I am aware that there are people who look up to me. When mistakes are made, they aren't intentional, and I constantly push myself to be a better person.
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I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.
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Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man.
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Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton.
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You can't be sensitive, ... and play baseball.
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I often feel a discomfort, a kind of embarrassment, when I explain elementary-particle physics to laypeople. It all seems so arbitrary - the ridiculous collection of fundamental particles, the lack of pattern to their masses.
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We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.
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You, just as you are, and your life here, right now, are all there is and all you need to know. You don't have to do anything special. Mostly, you have to be open to meeting face to face, and even dancing with, the truth that pertains to your life right now. You have to find a way to collect your fractured pieces, examine them, and the accept them as part of who you are. Spiritual practice is about transformation, but it's also, and more importantly, about working with what is.
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Taking America Back' is a wake-up call for responsible self-government...
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Cinema through spectacle, through the entertainment of spectacle, tells the story of many actual problems in life. Because who ever doesn't want to read between the lines can just enjoy the entertainment and the show and can go home happy.
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The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution.
