Charles de Lint Quotes
That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
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Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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My party is committed to a federation.
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I wish I could play the World Cup; that's one of my dreams.
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Many use Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes for daily transactions like going to theatres, malls, and trading purpose. People like these are unnecessarily put to inconvenience.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.
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I don't know how many hills and valleys I've had, how many times I've had to refocus my world and my life and my career.
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What we're showing may not be your reality, but it's ours.
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With 500 channels and the Internet available, you'd think a candidate could get the word out.
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If I go to Singapore, I have friends there. If they came to Zambia, they'd feel the same way. I've made connections, and I have friends in many, many countries.
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Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.
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We live in a quick-fix society where we need instant gratification for everything. Too fat? Get lipo-sucked. Stringy hair? Glue on extensions. Wrinkles and lines? Head to the beauty shop for a pot of the latest miracle skin stuff. It's all a beautiful £1 billion con foisted upon insecure women by canny cosmetic conglomerates.
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In the past I would self destruct when it came to love - I was immature, throwing myself into things but now times have changed, I want a relationship where you understand the other person.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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A story needs rhythm. Read it aloud to yourself. If it doesn't spin a bit of magic, it's missing something.
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That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.
