Charles de Lint Quotes
A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.
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Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
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When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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'Rent' was my first professional job, ever.
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If you can build a Facebook page and channel the audience to your website, you can generate revenue via PPC advertisement networks like Google Adwords, Taboola, Yahoo! Bing Network, AdRoll, 7Search, etc.
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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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Think against your feelings; unmask the unbelief they have nourished; let evangelical thinking correct emotional thinking.
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Sometimes if something is entertaining and amusing, people tend to think that it doesn't have the depth of something that's dramatic. I don't think that's true.
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The older I get, the more special time with family gets.
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When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents for Christmas.
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Why do you rant and brag with such a spate of words, as if you wanted to overwhelm me with a sort of tempest and deluge of oratory-which nevertheless falls with the greater force on your own head, while my ark rides aloft in safety?
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A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.