Charles Beaumont Quotes
All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and phobias. A writer spends his life being his own psychiatrist.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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Sling your guitar to wherever you're going, and you'll be amazed by the connective power of music: It knows no boundaries, cultures or class.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
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If the KKK was smart enough, they would've created gangsta rap because it's such a caricature of black culture and black masculinity.
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Anyone who's trying to be there for their family and trying to take care of their children is a hero to me.
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I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.
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I should just stay composed and run to the finish line.
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There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away.
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I don't give up easily. I have plans to be around for a while.
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Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.
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I really think [William] Burroughs was onto something here, when he said, "Dreams are a biologic necessity and your lifeline into space."
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Don't let something hurtful in your past hold you back from what you want to do. Be brave.
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I'm only two years older than Brad Pitt, but I look a lot older, which used to greatly frustrate me. It doesn't anymore. I don't have to fit into that category and get trounced by Tom Cruise and Brad.
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The minimum wage law very cleverly is misnamed. The real minimum wage is zero. That is what many inexperienced and low skilled people receive as a result of legislation that makes it illegal to pay them what they are currently worth to an employer.
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An intellectual is someone who avoids the mundane by lowering his handicap.
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I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.
