Charles Nodier Quotes
Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.
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Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.
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When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro, like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.
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I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or how to place my infield or outfield to defend properly against the opposing hitter.
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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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When you find something that you really love to do, you kind of just know instantly that, OK yeah, I want to do this for the rest of my life.
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I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that comes from condemning, and in the short term it's quite a satisfying thing to do, isn't it?
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Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me.
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I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.
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Our intention and aspiration is to continue building out thematic information about every subject - basemaps, imagery, demographics, landscape data, etc. - so anyone can use it to access thousands of authoritative maps.
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I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games.
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I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.
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Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
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I sit with people who are dying. I'm one of those unusual types that enjoys being with someone when they're dying because I know I am going to be in the presence of Truth.
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Our elders are always optimistic in their views of the present, pessimistic in their views of the future; youth is pessimistic toward the present and gloriously hopeful for the future. And it is this hope which is the lever of progress-one might say, the only lever of progress.
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I'm not angry; I write about angry characters. When I'm doing that, I'm happy. Just like when I'm writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I'm not feeling lustful; I'm happy.
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New York City is still the art capital - every time I'm in New York, I'm thinking about competition.
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I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!
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The unanswerable mysteries... the attitude that all is uncertain... to summarize it - the humility of the intellect.
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We live in a democratic country, and in a democracy freedom of speech is for the people and also for the leaders.
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Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.
