Charles de Lint Quotes
Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
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Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it's a green light.
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It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.
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It's scary to become a woman in this world. We have to understand that some of the messages we get, messages that we are not enough, are there to keep our power in check. We can't buy into these messages.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at home. The face we present in our most intimate relationships is not the face we present to the world.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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The gift I have to give to my fellow countrymen and people around the world, the facts are the Muslim community are our gift. They are the fabric of what makes America great.
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It's a strange world, as David Lynch would say.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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Everybody that's employed by 'WWE' - the biggest wrestling company in the world - should be good wrestlers able to tell good stories.
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One of my favorite albums in the world is Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska.' Each song has this very distinct character who has something profound to say.
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We have the best sporting event in the world in polo, and yet it is weak.
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If a person with a bullet in Dallas can change the world, imagine a person with an idea could do.
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I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn't coming to me.
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There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
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Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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I definitely know people who are shameless enough to give up basic values. I see this kind of art, and when I see it I feel ashamed. In China they treat art as some form of decoration, a self-indulgence. It is pretending to be art. It looks like art. It sells like art. But it is really a piece of shit.'
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The vampire movies I embraced as a kid used vampirism as a metaphor that expressed deep sadness and a lot of human qualities.
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I'm really cocky. Or - I've been thinking about this word a lot - I'm 'mischievous,' and I want to make light of things and push the boundaries.
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You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor.
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I'm a shape shifter.
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Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
