Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
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I put my friends and family first. I'm really just a normal thirteen-year-old girl who has a different hobby than most girls my age. Acting is kind of an extracurricular activity.
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.
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I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
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The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents.
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Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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My father worked, and my mother played bridge. Every time I went out of the house, I was chauffeur-driven with my nanny next to me to stop me being kidnapped.
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If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe.
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I had a 100 percent voting record with the NRA, but I don't believe in bazookas in our schools.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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New York for me is about work. If L.A. were to become a West Coast version of that, I'd shoot myself. The climate, the lifestyle - it really fits as the yin to my New York yang.
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I feel like I've always been a full-time historian, but nobody knows it.
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A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
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We used to fight the LRA with only one dimensional force that only walks on foot, but now, we have got multiple forces to fight the rebels.
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I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play is the Joker. There is a maniacal and dangerous side to me.
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Every season I am inspired by women.
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I do not think we can dismiss the contribution that people make, particularly when it is a very dangerous occupation to be involved in building support for the peace process.
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And suppose that you lived in that forest in France Where the average young person just hasn't a chance To escape from the perilous pants-eating plants! But your pants are safe! You're a fortunate guy. And you ought to be shouting, 'How lucky am I!'
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Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness.
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From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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Art is to look at not to criticize.
