Edmund Crispin Quotes
A science fiction story is one which presupposes a technology, or an effect of technology, or a disturbance in the natural order, such as humanity, up to the time of writing, has not in actual fact, experienced.
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Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.
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Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.
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I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
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I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.
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Most women don't play like guys do: they don't wrestle, fight, get into brawls. They don't know how to express themselves in a physical, active way.
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Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.
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What appears spectral today will be natural tomorrow.
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Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
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I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don't get it don't know about it.
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I don't care if it's rap, metal, whatever. You still should play Beatles records mixed with Limp Bizkit mixed with Foghat mixed with Creedence Clearwater Revival, stuff like that.
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Birthdays, for me, are not really important. It is just like any other day.
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I'm a fan of records. I'm a fan of listening to something cover to cover and not wanting to skip over anything.
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I just feel not many people hear that you should feel good inside and feel happy within your soul, instead of needing to look a certain way, so I always try and talk to people about that.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you.
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I've been racketeered on.
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If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.
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A science fiction story is one which presupposes a technology, or an effect of technology, or a disturbance in the natural order, such as humanity, up to the time of writing, has not in actual fact, experienced.
