Christopher Bollen Quotes
The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine 1981, where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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We've always had anti-Muslim bigots, but they've always been at the fringes of society.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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I had arrived years ago in Paris and just wanted to be famous, fast. When you're pretentious like that, and you think you've planned everything perfectly, it's then that everything goes in the opposite way.
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As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.
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Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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I think there's many a slaveholder'll get to Heaven. They don't know better. They acts up to the light they have.
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I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.
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Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
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When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team.
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It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans.
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Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else.
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Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.
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I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read every psychology book I could find. Anything about how normal people behave.
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Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.
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And literature frequently rises to heights that make it international.
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I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people.
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It was always easier to be disgusted after the fact. It was easier to shake your head and be outraged, as if the outrage was proof of civility - a sign that the world hadn't died, that it could still scream out in horror, proof that its heart was still beating.
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The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine 1981, where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.
