Carrie Vaughn Quotes
The underworld, the old world, is the womb that gave birth to humanity. The journey from under the earth is the journey from ignorance to wisdom.
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
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Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.
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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
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I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.
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Holding individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing isn't ideological; it's good law enforcement.
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Imagine if all those kings and dukes hadn't commissioned those crazy cathedrals, paintings and music... we'd still be living in sticks and mud. Because none of those things made any economic sense. Human beings' capacity to 'waste time' is a miracle - but that's exactly what art is for.
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I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
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Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.
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If you ask me who the members of the Rolling Stones or Led Zep or the Clash were, I'd be able to tell you every member. But I couldn't name a single member of Arctic Monkeys.
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Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world.
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I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.
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I like the feeling of making things. It's very very rewarding. And filmmaking is that type of experience, where you're forced to collaborate with so many people. You're involved in the beginning to end, you're involved with so many elements, and when it's done, you're like, 'I made this movie.'
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Black women know that we've got to take care of it - so we take care of it. It's just embedded in us.
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The serenity prayer, 'God grant me the strength to accept...' That's a prayer that's actually in my car. I say it every day.
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Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
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I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
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The only shortage we have today is the shortage we have between our own two ears.
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The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves.
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The underworld, the old world, is the womb that gave birth to humanity. The journey from under the earth is the journey from ignorance to wisdom.
