Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
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Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma.
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If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.
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All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
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I come from a musical family as well as a culinary family.
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I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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Even in large corporations, smaller ideas may not get enough resources.
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Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.
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It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.
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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.
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My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.
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The budget doesn't have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn't have much control over the budget.
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Most people go to ashrams or retreats to destress and rejuvenate themselves. But I come back to my roots, the place where I spent half my life. And when I return, I spend time in the farms, eating a stalk of sugarcane, driving a tractor, and chilling with childhood friends.
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You know, I really do have some morals. I do actually care about people. And I do have a political standpoint.
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It's like someone cutting up a loved one in front of you, all the time insisting they've got your best interests at heart. They're very devious nowadays.
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I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these calculations [of Pi], having no other business at the time.
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Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming.
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I don't think that there is any hard and fast rule that says that documentary has to be linear at all.
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My being a writer and playing Scrabble are connected. If I have a good writing day, I'll take a break and play online Scrabble. My favorite word as a child was 'carrion,' before I knew what it meant. I later created crossword puzzles, which was a lot about puns, and how words would create these strange, strange things.
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Many parts of a pine tree are edible.
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It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.
