William Gibson Quotes
For me, the melancholy of the late XXth Century is walking late at night by the Mont Blanc pen store and seeing these things always strike me as simulacra of luxury items. They seem like fakes.
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Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied, and in solidarity, against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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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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Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
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Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
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I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees.
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Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
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How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
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As an actor, you arrive most of the time at the last minute. You arrive at the end of the process, but you don't realize it.
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.
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I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job.
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I love Romney. It is not his fault that he is the son of a successful governor and makes $20 million a year.
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Certain scripts require an ensemble cast. I'm absolutely fine with that. I will not deprive myself of the chance to be part of a good film because of insecurities or fear of losing my market. But my role must be well-defined.
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My goal in boxing is to be the best.
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I think that sometimes in theater, I don't prepare much beyond going to the rehearsals.
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I think, politically, for the House Democrats, we face that same danger here, whether currently indictable or not, it is clear that the President has, at a minimum, engaged in highly unethical and unscrupulous behavior which does not bring honor to the office he holds.
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Being on set with my dad - that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it's the same element when you're a kid - when your parents come in the auditorium for those school performances. It calms you.
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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The night before I compete, I like to have steak. Meat is especially important for female athletes because it provides them with the nutrients they need to perform at their best.
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For me, the melancholy of the late XXth Century is walking late at night by the Mont Blanc pen store and seeing these things always strike me as simulacra of luxury items. They seem like fakes.
