Dennis Sharp Quotes
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.
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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.
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Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world.
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people think you can just throw them into a story and suddenly whatever you're writing is 28% cooler. But that doesn't work. All that does is make dragons into some boring cliche.
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It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!
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Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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Writing for me can be homework. I do get a lot from it in the end. But I hate doing it.
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I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.
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North Korea is the errant teenage child, aren't they? Or toddler - they're holding their breath until they get their way.
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I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better.
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In A-ball, you're either going to move up, or you're going to get released. That kind of paranoia played a lot into the players' mentality leading up to the events of 'Eight Men Out.'
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Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.
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Life must be considered sui generis; it is not a form of energy, nor can it be expressed in terms of something else.
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To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states.
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Data adds concrete information to a teacher's observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding.
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Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum.
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Crisis for others is a source of despair. For me, it's an opportunity to bring reform.
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I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.
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Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We'll wander back and home to bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
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Twilight is to Vampires what My Little Pony is to Kentucky Derby Winning Horses.
