Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.
Quotes to Explore
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The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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Never in a million years would I imagine Calvin Klein flying me out to my first men's fashion show.
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I make an awesome soup with coconut milk and shrimps; it takes me five hours to prepare the whole thing. It does become very spicy, but you can definitely taste all the ingredients.
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I didn't even start college until I was 21.
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When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.
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I think being on a set where people aren't being treated as equals, and with just a common level of decency and respect, is really uncomfortable.
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Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.
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Everyone in China knows The Topics. The television stations and newspapers run the same state-generated stories all across the country, and the Chinese form their opinions based on these somewhat controlled sources.
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Until I was eighteen, I did not know that you could study fashion design or art. I really didn't know. I already had my nose in the art world; I was already looking at things, but I didn't really get it that you could study that because my school was a very different environment.
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My father has a manufacturing company in Kentucky, and he's an electrical engineer. A brilliant man. A brilliant businessman. So he understands the business aspects of my business very well. My dad and I always communicate when I have to negotiate a deal.
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I usually eat a salad for lunch and before a game since it keeps me feeling healthy and energized on the field. I love piling on the toppings: the more colorful the better! I usually do nuts, fruit and avocado, but I also mix up my creations with different toppings and lettuces.
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If you look at the statistics, people spend most of their time in the kitchen. Aside from the backyard, it's one of my favorite places to renovate.
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There is a kind of mysticism to writing.
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When you have a magazine like 'Vogue,' you know a lot of kids are going to follow your pictures.
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Places come to exist in our imaginations because of stories, and so do we. When we reach for a "sense of place," we posit an intimate relationship to a set of stories connected to a particular location, such as Hong Kong or the Grand Canyon or the bed where we were born, thinking of histories and the evolution of personalities in a local context. Having "a sense of self" means possessing a set of stories about who we are and with whom and why.
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Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don't watch TV.
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Legitimacy, when challenged, bases itself on an appeal to the past, while justification relates to an end that lies in the future. Violence can be justifiable, but it never will be legitimate.
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Those who read the fiction assume that, because I'm also a historian, I know what I'm talking about.
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Each of us has the power to be Superman and to help rid the world of its worst evils-poverty, loneliness, and exploitation.
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There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction.
