Andrew Chan Quotes
I don't think I was really going anywhere in life. I don't think, I was achieving too much, even though I had a stable job and all.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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Acting was just another part of my life, as it still is today. It's 1 of the 10 things I love doing. It's never just been my life. As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
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When I was in my 20s, I thought I knew who I was. And then as soon as I turned 30, I realized that person has bruises and bumps and dark parts. And you kind of go, well, that's it. I'd rather embrace it than force myself to change.
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If you begin to think you are solely responsible for keeping your loved one alive and safe, you will eventually find yourself playing God. This phase can develop into an unhealthy, codependent relationship.
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How is it that mercury is not safe for food additives and Over the Counter drug products, but it is safe in our vaccines and dental amalgams?
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I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
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My dream of dreams is to write Broadway musicals. All of this Twitter and TV writing is just a day job.
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A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.
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I was a lucky kid. You could have got 10 kids to be in The Byrds who were better than I was.
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It felt like a series of coincidences and luck that I ended up getting the part in 'Trainspotting,' but it's been an incredible journey since then. Every now and then, I sit and really think about it, and it blows my mind. I have to stop because I don't want my brain to implode.
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Music that comes from the heart - that's the music that moves me.
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I don't think I was really going anywhere in life. I don't think, I was achieving too much, even though I had a stable job and all.
