Chloe Wise Quotes
In my work, I participate in the things that I critique. I satirize the things that I love and know well and find problematic.
Quotes to Explore
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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At the heart of every great movie is conflict. It's the same with a meeting. There should be conflict and tension.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
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The ruling in the Paula Jones case is so silly.
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I love stories, and as I got older, I realized how important what happened yesterday is to how you try to make your present better.
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I don't even know if it's possible, but if it were, I'd like to make those kinds of old movies where the women were articulate and intelligent and flawed and witty.
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I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don't want to feel responsible for adding to the soup of mediocrity.
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Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.
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I played a kid's game, I got to do it at the beach, and I was able to support my family. I consider myself incredibly lucky.
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In my work, I participate in the things that I critique. I satirize the things that I love and know well and find problematic.
