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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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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Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
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You attract the good and desirable with positive mental attitude. You repel them with negative mental attitude.
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Like knowing hostages, the AFL-CIO and its unions march in tandem to endorse the Democratic presidential nominees early in the primary season. They have given up their capacity for negotiation, so frightened are they of the Republicans. Meanwhile, the rank-and-file workers suffer their dwindling status in silence.
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Gee whiz, I know that some movie stars don't like to be bothered, but I don't mind. I think it's part of the package, and it's not a bother.
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Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.
