Alan Rufus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.
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All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
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The idea of 'Badlands' was creating a space with sound, which is a really difficult thing to do.
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Though the male can be noble in reason and infinite in faculties, he is also easily amused by shiny toys, especially ones that do dumb things on his desk.
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I choose my words very delicately because I have a divided society.
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I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
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It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority.
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Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn't reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution.
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
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I'm drawn to bad romances.
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The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting.
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For the past couple of years I've been pretty bored with music in general... just bored with it.
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It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me.
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I live in the English countryside, so I'm surrounded by magpies.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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The characters that I have on Twitter have very little resemblance to me, the person who's writing them.
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I always believe that a good story will find its audience and that it will attract different kinds of elements of creative people who will make it more compelling.
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When I was first starting out, you'd have to bang an old upright piano and stick a mike in it and it would always feed back and you could never turn it up loud enough to be heard and I would beat my hands black and blue and bloody.
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You know there's only two things more beautiful than a good gun--a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere.
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If you are holding hands with others, you can't hold a gun!
