Charles L. Grant Quotes
The cover was pebbled black leather, the pages onionskin, and he opened it carefully. It was his first Bible, the one his mother had given him, the one that had taken its time showing him what he was supposed to do with his life, his size, that voice of his. It was the one used for his ordination, and when he had buried his mother on a autumn hillside in Tennesee five years ago. King James. He didn't care about the scholars or the accuracy or the bringing of his church into whatever century they claimed it was these days; he cared about the poetry, and about the comfort it brought to those who needed to hear it.
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If the television market collapses - and it will collapse - then, it seems, there is too much regulation, and that's not a good thing.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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I found a mistake in a rule. They addressed the wrong rule number... I pointed it out, did an amendment, and everybody was happy after that.
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TV is still the place to grab the most eyeballs.
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Hey, the TV was my friend. As a child, I always said, 'I want to live in there someday.'
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The better I am at observing moments in life, the better I'll be at showing them in my acting.
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Seeing the bigger picture opens your eyes to what is the truth.
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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Regardless of some disagreements in the past with Dr. Kissinger, I personally had a very good relationship with the secretary when I served as ambassador to the United States and later on as premier.
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Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.
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I was the kid who never won the races... I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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I loved Martin Luther King more than a brother.
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Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.
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I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
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The cover was pebbled black leather, the pages onionskin, and he opened it carefully. It was his first Bible, the one his mother had given him, the one that had taken its time showing him what he was supposed to do with his life, his size, that voice of his. It was the one used for his ordination, and when he had buried his mother on a autumn hillside in Tennesee five years ago. King James. He didn't care about the scholars or the accuracy or the bringing of his church into whatever century they claimed it was these days; he cared about the poetry, and about the comfort it brought to those who needed to hear it.
