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 want to improve my bunker, fairway and putting status because that's been my weakness over the last three years. If I can just focus on this, then everything else will come.
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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 really never thought I would be an actor professionally. I was very academic and was like, "That's so irresponsible. I would never do that." And now, here I am.
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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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But after he was pleased to reveal himself to me I did presently, like Abraham, run to Hagar. And after that he did let me see the atheism of my own heart, for which I begged of the Lord that it might not remain in my heart.
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After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?
