Charles de Lint Quotes
Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.
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Civilization gives the barbarian or tribal man an eye for an ear and is now at odds with the electronic world. (p. 30)
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I think people really appreciate clever commercials, as do I. I think they're very entertaining. You just have to wade through all the garbage. That's one of the reasons people watch the Super Bowl. A lot of them watch it to see the commercials and not the actual game.
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When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial. This is quite obvious to people nowadays, when it is widely recognised that fixations are not the same as valuable and laudable observances. One should not pray if that prayer is vanity; rituals are wrong when they provide lower satisfactions, like emotional stimulus instead of enlightenment; he or she should not be an ascetic who is only enjoying it.
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My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.
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Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
