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Philip Kerr Quotes

The mark of a writer is to make a story as likely as possible, and I've done my best to deliver authentic atmosphere.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: February 22, 1956

Topics

Best Story Done Possible Atmosphere

Hippies? Why, I'm the original.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Why Original Hippies

Nobody in this country realizes that cap-and-trade is a tax - and it's a great big one.

Great Country Nobody Tax Big

I used to work with mentally disabled people when I was 18 or 19, changing diapers and catheters. I was working, like, 16 hour night shifts, having to distribute meds and go capture people who would break out of the house. Sometimes they'd have seizures, and we'd have to rush them to the hospital. That was an interesting time, very humbling.

Work Time People Night Interesting

I was more of a weightlifter.

Sometimes a game comes at just the right moment in your life. 'Flower' is beautiful, serene, and a bit of sunshine in a gloomy world. I remember going through a rough spot in my life and turning on 'Flower' for a little break in the day. You fly through luscious landscapes collecting petals and painting the world with life.

Life Flower Beautiful Sunshine Day

Because I have a dog, it's easier to work at home: I sit in a horrible weird 'Mastermind'-style chair and bask in my own mediocrity. Being single, I've no family life to distract me at the end of the day. Apart from taking the dog for a walk, I have no other responsibilities.

Life Work Family Dog Home Walk

Every time we go to sleep, it's a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up on the side of eternity.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Eyes Time Day Sleep Wake Up Go

Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all of them flattering. But the true, volatile charisma of New York lies in how balkanised it is.

Culture New York City Think Know

If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

Environmental Start Negative Energy

'Sunspring,' the first known screenplay written by an AI, was produced recently. It is awesome. Awesomely awful. But it's worth watching all ten minutes of it to get a taste of the gap between a great screenplay and something an AI can currently produce.

Great Worth First Watching Awesome

It's not exactly under the radar, but when I'm in London, I love to visit Liberty. It's my favorite department store, and they have a room entirely dedicated to chocolate and truffles.

Love Chocolate Liberty London Room

What I think a psychic is, unfortunately, I think in this day and age, it's taken on sort of a rancid sound.

Age Day Think Sound Psychic Taken

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