Michael Chabon Quotes

When I was in my early to mid-teens, that was a very heavy diet of science fiction and fantasy, so those were the kinds of books I tended to imagine writing someday, or even began to try to write.

Michael Chabon

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ScienceWritingDietEarlyTry

One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, 'Oh, boy. I like this.'

Jill Scott

GreatDaySingingSaidBoyOne Day

Unfair discrimination exists whether we like it or not; I wouldn't have married a gum-chewing vegetarian. Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.

John Kendrew

PeopleSympathyWorldUnderdogHelp

Small bodies in our solar system, like comets and asteroids, help us understand how the solar system formed and provide opportunities to advance exploration.

John M. Grunsfeld

SmallOpportunitiesHelpExploration

The beautifully composed imagery of '12 Years a Slave' underscores the savagery of its subject, which is an American South not of knights and ladies but obscene values and a grotesque pageantry, every gorgeous shot of the languid landscape radiating toxicity like a hyperlush blossom that's poison to the touch.

Steve Erickson

AmericanLandscapeBlossomValues

You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.

Steven Adler

TimePeopleCrazyYouSome People

I'd love a signed first edition of 'City of Glass' by Paul Auster. My favourite book of all time.

Steven Hall

LoveTimeCityBookGlassFirst

My father, OK, when we first got old enough to hunt, this was his rule: If you shoot it, you come home and eat it. Otherwise you do not shoot it, OK? You don't just kill something for the sake of killing it, OK? If you kill it, you gotta grill it, so to speak.

Si Robertson

FatherHomeSpeakEnoughYouFirst

It really is disgusting when a guy in a ball cap with a high school education is the one asking the tough questions.

Michael Moore

EducationSchoolToughHigh School

Perseverance has always just been something that was in me. And it was a tool that came in very handy as a ballerina.

Misty Copeland

PerseveranceMeAlwaysToolBeen

We soon believe the things we would believe.

Ludovico Ariosto

BelieveThingsWouldSoon

Once I am done with the film, I don't worry about how many centres the film has released, what are the BO records, etc. As I have no knowledge of such things, feeling the pressure doesn't arise.

Chiranjeevi

KnowledgeI AmPressureWorryDone

That's the problem with working and living in the same space - my studio is downstairs, so I often get distracted by domestic things.

Cornelia Parker

SpaceProblemLivingSameThings

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