Chris Ware Quotes
I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be 'seen through,' or, even worse, instantly hated.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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Small companies need capital to invest, expand, and create jobs. And the economy needs a healthy small business community to bolster and sustain its recovery.
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In my own life, I believe it was an early education in poetical metaphor that helped me to grapple with and make sense of all the difficult and traumatic things that were to come.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from local sources. Every school should include food-growing in the curriculum. For some, that will mean twinning with willing farms. For others, it will mean literally building their own small farms.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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I am Afrikaans. It wasn't ever something that I thought about.
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A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.
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I love seeing people be successful! I love that. It's wonderful. There's enough room for everybody.
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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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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that's plagiarism, that's taking other people's music.
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In love of home, the love of country has its rise.
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The drama is a great revealer of life.
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As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.
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I have a tree man coming to trim the jacaranda in my front garden.
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I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be 'seen through,' or, even worse, instantly hated.
