Harlan Ellison Quotes
Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.
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Adam Sandler is a remarkable movie brand.
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
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I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
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I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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I was a top-notch cartoon model for Hanna Barbera, and they made me into a cartoon series called 'Devlin,' which ran for seven years, and I was on lunch pails and coloring books and all of that. It's really interesting being a coloring book when you're young – most kids colored in coloring books, but I made money off coloring books.
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I got it into my head that I was going to be starring in movies that I wrote, so that's what I did. I stopped acting in all things, and I wrote my first script, which was optioned a week after I finished it.
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In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.
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When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.
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It's odd to grow up in a gaming town because... we know all of the tricks that are going on behind the scenes.
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I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.
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Because of the president's leadership, every American will have access to affordable, quality health care.
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Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.
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Interviewing someone is very similar to preparing a character, isn't it? You're just asking questions: 'Who is this person? Why did they make that choice? Why are they doing that?' You're being Sherlock Holmes.
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When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
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The idea that working a blue-collar job and living in a working-class community provides barriers that are unique to your circumstances - that's not a very controversial subject anymore. I think it's something that people on both the Left and the Right probably accept.
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I don't consider myself a 'religious' person at all. I am, however, a person of enormous faith.
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We are born for love, but it will die if not nurtured.
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The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.
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Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
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This is going to be an old fashioned Baptist camp meeting with old fashioned singing, preaching and testifying.
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I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.
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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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Don't start an argument with somebody who has a microphone when you don't. They'll make you look like chopped liver.
