Terry Brooks Quotes
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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A lot of people have asked whether acting is in my genes. I don't know if anyone is born to act. And it certainly wasn't pushed on me. It was something I wanted to do.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men.
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I'm from Pennsylvania, so I was in New York a lot and my brother lives in New York.
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You can tell a lot about a person from his underwear.
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I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.
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Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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I've seen schizophrenics who are so hopeless, you couldn't cheer them, and their lives are miserable and they end up as suicides. That's not right.
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With the first 'Hatchet,' I had an epic battle with the ratings board. They kept giving the movie an NC-17. There is absolutely no way that movie should have gotten an NC-17. All the gore in it is so ridiculous and over-the-top that you can't take it seriously.
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Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
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Who peppered the highest was surest to please.
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Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, and the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly and as closely as that forged from our vices.
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Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.
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When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.
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If biking is your passion, set aside time to enjoy a good ride.
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It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.
