Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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I don't think we can go back to the old days. But I think that what the government needs to do is it needs to make sure that the pricing is fair, that you don't have monopolies out there, so that people don't have a chance to compete fairly.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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As long as you believe in Him, no matter what happens in your life, understand that it's all for a purpose.
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I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or in issuing commands about necessary things. But it is an error to suppose that every sort of rule is despotic like that of a master over slaves, for there is as great a difference between the rule over freemen and the rule over slaves as there is between slavery by nature and freedom by nature . . .
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The first task of the Magician in every ceremony is therefore to render his Circle absolutely impregnable.
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One of my best friends while shooting 'Roots' was Vic Morrow, the guy that whips Kunta.
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Thrift is of great revenue.
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Success is really about your mindset.
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Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
