Chris Van Allsburg Quotes
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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I will come to know when my time's up, and when it is, I will exit gracefully. I will not hang around till I am kicked out.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
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The first thing you have to understand is that I was not desperate to be a writer. I was never a closet writer filing away notes in a cupboard.
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My human rights activism has been widely met with encouragement and support. Ahangarani should earn plaudits, not only for her cinematic achievements, but also for her humanitarian deeds and her commitment to increased rights and freedoms for all.
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I have done a lot of things outside of Science Fiction, but there has been an almost disproportionate amount of that genre in my body of work. I don't know what to make of it.
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Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.
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I have always been infatuated with country music.
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The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge.
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Warnings about children being overscheduled, racing from one enriching activity to the next, first surfaced in the early 20th century.
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When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.
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We haven't seen the turning point yet, but we're sticking to our bottom line, for the environment and the health of the country.
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When children and youth are deprived of their right to education, their community is deprived of a sustainable future. It is all the more true with refugees.
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Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people.
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Henceforward I am the truth's. Be it known unto you that henceforward I obey no law less than the eternal law. I will have no covenants but proximities.
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Go ahead and believe in God, if you like, but don't imagine that you have been given any grounds for such a belief by science.
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Justice will win - because might does not make right, and the only path to lasting peace is when people know that their dignity will be respected and that their rights will be upheld. And citizens, like nations, will never settle for a world where the big are allowed to bully the small. Sooner or later, they fight back.
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I say this all the time, but when I go to bed at the end of the day, and I put my head down on the pillow, I really feel such a sense of satisfaction, and I'm so proud of my kids that they have this amazing work ethic, and we get to work with each other every day, so it doesn't get any better than that.
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When Europeans feel sufficiently provoked and threatened–a few serious terrorist attacks could do it–Europe's Muslims will be lucky just to be deported...
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Institutional memory is important in any organization, but so are fresh ideas.
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I submit to you that even today, as tough as things seem, it is much better to be us than them, ... Why do I say this? First, they have no plan. Second, if they ever announce one it will be consistent with their philosophy of bigger and bigger government and higher and higher taxes.
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It's going to be crazy. I'm guessing when we play against the Dominicans, half the field will be Dominican fans and half will be Puerto Rican fans. With all the big-time players in the World Classic, it's going to be huge.
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I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.
