Gary Lachman Quotes
Each act of imagination, each moment of creative life stands up to the entire material universe and affirms the reality of meaning against the corroding solvents of entropy, dark matter, or whatever else may be dragging the physical world into oblivion.
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.
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No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
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I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.
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The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do music theater on TV, that's the ultimate dream.
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All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.
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Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.
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My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.'
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I've always been a science fiction fan since I had understood the conception of what a story was.
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I'm an affectionate person.
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In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
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The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.
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There are plenty of African-Americans in this country - and I would say this goes right up to the White House - who are not by any means poor, but are very much afflicted by white supremacy.
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I was a baseball guy. Mom wouldn't let me play football when I was little because she was scared I'd get hurt. So, I finally convinced her to let me play in 7th grade.
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These monster cities we live in today are blights of modern society. They will certainly give way to planned cities interlinked to the countryside. Everybody will live with the natural advantages of the country and the cultural associations of the town.
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I was a militant.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.
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I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.
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Each act of imagination, each moment of creative life stands up to the entire material universe and affirms the reality of meaning against the corroding solvents of entropy, dark matter, or whatever else may be dragging the physical world into oblivion.
