Clive Cussler Quotes
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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Cooking allows you to have travels, adventures and journeys without going anywhere. The running joke between my partner and me is that I'm not really concerned about how long it takes, or how much I destroy the kitchen, because I just have such a good time doing it.
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My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn't in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves.
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If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
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We must never take the public's trust for granted - our predecessors worked hard to earn it, and it is our responsibility to continually earn that trust.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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I don't want my faith level to go up or down. And so I don't fear.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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After all my various relationships I find myself now home alone.
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Win or lose, I always like to get back to my friends and family. They keep me grounded. When I'm home with my friends, I'm always the same Gabriel. I'm no better or worse in their eyes because of my results. It's good to be with your true friends. It always reminds me of where I'm from and who I am.
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If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.
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The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America.
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No matter where you are, depression responds to the same treatment.
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I'm one of the first invention capitalists.
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All I'm doing is putting Brancusi's 'Endless Column' on the ground, instead of in the sky. Most sculpture is priapic with the male organ in the air. In my work, Priapus is down on the floor. The engaged position is to run along the earth.
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In a Union of 15 now, you must take into account the sensibilities of everyone.
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Studies show that Avastin can prolong the lives of patients with late-stage breast and lung cancer by several months when the drug is combined with existing therapies.
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Do not, I beg you, look for anything behind phenomena. They are themselves their own lesson.
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My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine.
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My dad made a film called 'Willow' when he was a young filmmaker, which screened at the Cannes film festival, and people were booing afterwards.
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I'm a storyteller.
