Charles de Lint Quotes
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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My mother and my father divorced during the time that my father was getting his Ph.D. at Tulane.
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A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.
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The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
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I'm very fortunate. I have a wonderful family, lots of hobbies and athletic pursuits. I always wanted to have a very well-rounded life.
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Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.
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Governors normally have jurisdiction over public health emergencies, but a widespread biological attack would cross state boundaries.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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I love interpreting other people's music.
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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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I will always do R. Kelly – I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.
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Attention to detail and a perfectionist instinct, far from stimulating action, are character qualities that lead to renunciation. Better to dream than to be.
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Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.
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The Internet is a big distraction. It's distracting, it's meaningless; it's not real. It's in the air somewhere.
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Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
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Beaujolais is so underrated.
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I gave the couple a hint of a design that would work great with the bones of their home. They weren't ready for it, and they embarrassed themselves and that's too bad.
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I'm drawn towards people who have a little pathos and a little dark side, and I feel the same towards fictional characters.
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Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.
