Thomas Harris Quotes
A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.
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Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.
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To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer.
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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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When experience contradicts firmly held judgments of self-efficacy, people may not change their beliefs about themselves if the conditions of performance are such as to lead them to discount the import of the experience.
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My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!
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It's ridiculous for a country to get all worked up about a game—except the Super Bowl, of course. Now that's important.
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He who lives in despair / takes and gives in vain.
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At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call to constantly into question the very tale we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.
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...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom of heaven is not of.
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The stage is near and dear to me.
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I'm not always a positive person. I wake up grumpy, I read the newspaper and I get furious that the world is still at war.
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At the base, it's about a man from America who doesn't quite fit in, with the comedy that entails. Everyone can relate to that, when things are lost in translation.
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When I was young, I used to have successes with women because I was young. Now I have successes with women because I am old. Middle age was the hardest part.
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Really, what I'm always drawn to is the voice - PJ Harvey , Björk . If the voice interests me, then I'm interested to listen to what's happening.
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The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
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[E]lections amount to little more than choosing between the scum that floats to the top of the barrel and the dregs that settle to the bottom.
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I had killed a big snake. I was now a big fellow.
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A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a big Amarone. Go back to school, little Starling.
