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Christopher Buckley Quotes

I cast my first vote on my father's lap in 1960, for Richard Nixon, in the voting booth. I was 8.

Christopher Buckley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: September 28, 1952

Topics

Father Voting Vote First Cast Booth

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

Society Survive Dignity Playing Get

I do have a strong sense of an order in the universe.

Strong Universe Order Sense

I think it's very important to cry in the shower and not in front of them. They need to know that everything's going to be all right, even when you're not sure it is.

Think You Know Important Cry Need

Passion is the genesis of genius.

Passion Genius Genesis

Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.

Business Imitation Show Business Show

People put 'study abroad' on their resume. I actually like when they don't study abroad because that means they aren't entitled.

People Resume Study Because Means

I've spent a lot of time in a rock n' roll band trying to fight off the fact that I was old enough to rent a car. And it's all sort of rushed in at once now. And I like it.

Car Time Fight Enough Trying Rock

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

Antonio Banderas

Talent You Sometimes Movies Working

I dropped out of school, but I didn't drop out of life. I would leave the house each morning and go to the main branch of the Carnegie Library in Oakland where they had all the books in the world... I felt suddenly liberated from the constraints of a pre-arranged curriculum that labored through one book in eight months.

Life Morning School World Book Go

Death is a fearful thing.

William Shakespeare

Death Fearful Thing

I started writing songs later in life because I just couldn't commit to it before.

Life Writing Started Commit Just

My family moved around a lot, so I don't have any friends that I had all my life, but I did have annual trips back to Queens.

Life Family My Life Friends Back

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