Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
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I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
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I never listen to Led Zeppelin. But, I mean, I don't think Robert Plant or Jimmy Page listen to Led Zeppelin, either. We all probably obsessed over the same old blues records growing up.
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I've forgotten what it's like to remember. I've lost the mindless confidence that a moment, an idea, a thought will be there for me later, the bravado of breezing through experience in the certainty that it will become part of my self, part of my story.
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Loosen your girdle and let er fly!
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Yes, I am very prolific.
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The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price.
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I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'
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I'm happy with my commercial heroine tag.
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In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating it into supposedly analytical vocabulary.
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I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.
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It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.
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Putin is like Al Capone.
Garry Kasparov -
I really do believe some people are naturally novelists and some people are short story writers. For me, when I was in middle school or high school, I started with novels.
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I'm a very light sleeper. I get about six hours a night.
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That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in 'Jeremy' a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work.
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I respect very much my public and also the music I perform.
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We've heard this before; 'things are bad, we are gonna fix them,' and they remain unfixed.
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One of the main functions of politicians - and journalists - is to simplify the world for us.
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Racism must be fought - there are no two ways about it.
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I'm a very happy, content member of David Cameron's team. I fought very hard to get my friend elected as leader of the Conservative party, then elected as the prime minister of this country, and I'm very happy being part of that team that is bringing change to this country.
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I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults.
