Tanith Lee Quotes
She had never acquired in-between shades of character, had not had the opportunity. She had been utterly selfish, and was now selfless, because she had never become a whole person, did not like herself, or know herself. Nor had she ever gained sufficient wisdom to be properly horrified at what she meant to do. She couldn’t think that intensely.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Yes, and I can sit down on a white piece of paper and work because I don't believe too much into inspiration, only I'm waiting for inspiration, work and then inspiration may come. It's a little too easy to say that.
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We are paying the price for living longer, collecting degenerative diseases along the way. Cancer is only one. Others are heart and brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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If I'd had the chance, I'd like to have completed my degree before going full-time, and sports journalism was something that always interested me. Dad used to buy a paper, and I always turned straight to the sports pages.
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.
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I think when the bottom started to drop out, we didn't recognize it.
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Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.
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My character in 'Mr. Holland's Opus' was kind of coming of age, learning about a world that was opening up to her.
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I'm a huge reader... I'm a big book nerd. I go through, like, two books a week.
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She had never acquired in-between shades of character, had not had the opportunity. She had been utterly selfish, and was now selfless, because she had never become a whole person, did not like herself, or know herself. Nor had she ever gained sufficient wisdom to be properly horrified at what she meant to do. She couldn’t think that intensely.
