Gen Urobuchi Quotes
I have nothing but contempt for the deceitful thing men call 'happiness,' and find myself with no choice but to push my characters, whom I pour my heart and soul out to create, into the abyss of tragedy.
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If we are to change America, we must change the United States Congress.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
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I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business.
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I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.
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Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.
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It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in.
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A slice of hot, buttered toast is the perfect meal. It's not too much and not too little, and it gives you just the right buzz.
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Nuclear tests poison the environment - and they also poison the political climate. They breed mistrust, isolation and fear.
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For the millions that suffer unjustly, the Confessing Church does not yet have a heart.
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Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.
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'He was one of the most spectacular shooters the game has ever known. I hear people talking about forwards today and I haven't seen many that can compare with him.'
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The whole 'SmackDown' roster has a chip on its shoulder.
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If you don't need umpires out there, and you can put robots out there, then why do we need ballplayers?
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I never turned a part down when they offered me money.
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The man did not move because only immobility could hurt more than motion: the man held himself still because to move might lessen his suffering, and that he could not bear. For him only pain had meaning.
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Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.
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I take stuff from real life and try to make a character out of it. And I try to live the world of the characters a little bit.
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When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.
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I grew up in rural Dixon, CA, and I've been hunting with my father ever since I was a young boy. He taught me how to hunt and shoot, firearm safety, and have respect for the outdoors.
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I have nothing but contempt for the deceitful thing men call 'happiness,' and find myself with no choice but to push my characters, whom I pour my heart and soul out to create, into the abyss of tragedy.
