Richard K. Morgan Quotes
The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.

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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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The history of Germany is not the history of a nation, but of a race. It has little unity, therefore; it is complicated, broken, and attached on all sides to the histories of other countries.
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I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
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Afghanistan is a country in need. Afghanistan needs to protect itself in the region; Afghanistan needs to secure itself within the country. Afghanistan needs to develop its forces, and Afghanistan needs to provide stability to the people.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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I'm at like 325 pairs right now, give or take. But I've given away about 200 pairs of sneakers. I'm not as big of a collector as I used to be, because I think the game just got weird. Everybody likes to collect now, so it's kind of corny. But I got the essentials.
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Traveling is one of my great passions and something I do a lot of.
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I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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I think that there's a clinical mental illness called depression, but I believe that post-industrial America has been narcotized by progress. There's a cultural malaise - mental illness or no - that everybody suffers from at some point in their life.
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I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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Blaming alleged victims is not okay, no matter whose side starts it.
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We didn't really expect to achieve anything outside of the UK, and it just went crazy. It's just crazy that people know our music. We're just humbled by it.
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Concerning non-violence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
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Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot - I think a Sufi pipkin-waxing hot - 'All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?'
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I cannot speak In happy tones; the tear drops on my cheek Show I am sad;But I can speak Of grace to suffer with submission meek,Until made glad.I cannot feelThat all is well, when dark'ning clouds concealThe shining sun;But then I knowGod lives and loves; and say, since it is so, 'Thy will be done.'
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Homosexuality is a way of life that I've grown accustomed to.
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I am walking proof of the power of prayer.
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I did have my beginnings in doo-wop music; I had a group called the Tokens in Brooklyn. They went on, of course, to do 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' and a lot of other great things. I went on as a soloist. But I still love doo-wop music.
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I like my drawings to be direct. I don't generally work on them for too long, but that doesn't mean that they are not works in their own right.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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If I am in Sweden, I try to get home to be with my children. I can do work after that from home.
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The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.