Christopher Priest Quotes

What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances.

Christopher Priest

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 30, 1961

Topics

GoodCharacterHistoryHeroVillain

My generation was the turning point. Women older than us didn't expect to have jobs or careers; those younger did. But we were where it was changing - which is interesting but uncomfortable.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

WomenGenerationInterestingChanging

Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!

John Belushi

HellNothingOverDecideHarbor

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.

Jelly Roll Morton

MusicSweetJazzRhythmSoftPlayed

I've been doing the Vietnamese nail lady impressions since my mom first took me to get my nails done when I was 12.

Anjelah Johnson

MeMomDoingLadyDoneNails

I drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cry for pity.

Michael Moore

CarDriveAmericanCryMorePity

By their own admission, leaders of the Republican Revolution of 1994 think their greatest mistake was overlooking the power of the veto. They gave the impression they were somehow in charge when they weren't.

Mitch McConnell

PowerMistakeRevolutionThinkOwn

Being someone who people want to photograph, you have to open yourself up to the positive and negative. It is what it is.

Jon Hamm

PositiveYourselfPeopleNegativeUp

Like I said, when you have to play against a great player every night, that defines who you are if you can compete on that same level night in and night out.

Dominique Wilkins

GreatNightYouPlaySaidOut

The only way I know to be awesome at startups is to be obsessively focused and pegged to the floor of the deep end, gasping for air.

Chris Sacca

DeepEndKnowFocusedWayAwesome

I was afraid when I came to the Royal Ballet that it would be easy to have everyone walking all over me if I didn't stick up for myself.

Sylvie Guillem

MyselfMeWalkingEasyRoyalOver

Schizoaffective disorder is a big mental mash-up of a disease. It combines just about every disorder, from depression, delusions, and paranoia to mania, schizophrenia and hallucinations. My mother bounced between all of these regularly while raising me alone in our Hollywood home.

Shawn Amos

MotherHomeAloneDepressionMeBig

I can cook really well. I started cooking as a kid, so I can fend for myself in the kitchen and even do a little gourmet action.

Ty Pennington

MyselfCookingKitchenActionI Can

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