Samuel Butler Quotes
I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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I always get scared. I can't read scripts. I'm scared, scary movies and stuff.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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We have to balance the lineality of the known universe with the nonlineality of the unknown universe.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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I've got four kids - I unblock a toilet every day.
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I take my Bible with me, sometimes two of them, when I travel.
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Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk.
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But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him and do His will, then you don't have as much pressure as someone who bases all their happiness on whether they're a movie star.
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About the 'movers and the shakers' of the government These people are the first line of defense when it comes to the terrorist threat, but the word 'shit' makes them cry. 'Why didn't he say poopie?! Why didn't he say poopie?!'
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
