Dan Simmons Quotes
Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvation. Even if they're murdered, beaten to death, imprisoned - that's what you do for God.
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Government is waging war against the people.
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I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning them is definitely an experience - to get up there and make a speech. Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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I always had confidence in my game.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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One of the reasons I come to California is that the Republican party seems to have given up on California, and my message to those in California is that we're going to compete nationally as a party, and that includes California.
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I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.
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To be a veiled Muslim woman on screen is a very scary minefield for me.
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The thing about Parsons compared to the other schools is that it really teaches you how to be a designer, whereas some of the other schools teach you to sketch or teach you the technical skills. But the curriculum at Parsons when I was there was how do you put a collection together, as well as all the technical stuff. It's the best training.
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Every record we do, we do one song we didn't write.
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You pray for yourselves and just ask God to guide you and to give you strength.
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Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.
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This is a personal movie that I knew I had to come here to make,
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My silence was my salvation; the silence of years of trying to say something without much understanding; the silence of desperate action. This would be the first silence that would carry meaning.
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Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.
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Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.
